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Draft Prospectus
THE MIDDLE NEUSE STREAM AND
WETLAND UMBRELLA MITIGATION
BANK
Middle Neuse (CU# 03020202) Watershed
Sponsor:
Weyerhaeuser NR Company
Attn: Doug Hughes
406 Cole Road
Hattiesburg, MS 39402
601-341-6054
Submitted To:
Interagency Review Team
Representing:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
National Marine Fisheries Service
NC Wildlife Resources Commission
NC Division of Coastal Management
NC Division of Water Quality
Prepared By:
Kimley-Horn
Attn: Tara Disy Al Iden, J. D.
802 Gervais Street, Suite 201
Columbia, SC 29201
803-403-8559
Coggin Asset Management, LLC
Attn: Daniel S. Coggin
P.O. Box 476
Amory, MS 38821
662-825-0058
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Project Objectives..........................................................................................................3
1.2 Bank Sponsor and Contact Information..............................................................................4
2.0 BANK ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION............................................................... 4
2.1 Umbrella Mitigation Banking Instrument.............................................................................4
2.2 Credit Determination.......................................................................................................4
2.3 Credit Release Schedule.................................................................................................4
2.4 Initial Allocation of Released Credits.................................................................................5
2.5 Subsequent Credit Releases............................................................................................5
3.0 GEOGRAPHIC SERVICE AREA AND USE OF CREDITS ............................................ 6
4.0 WATERSHED CONSidERAT IONS............................................................................... 6
4.1 Watershed Environmental Concerns And Mitigation Needs...................................................6
4.2 Water Quality Considerations...........................................................................................7
4.3 Natural Heritage Program and Conservation Areas.............................................................8
4.4 River Basin Restoration Priorities......................................................................................8
4.5 The Need for Compensatory Mitigation in the Watershed.....................................................9
4.6 Weyerhaeuser's Role in the Watershed.............................................................................9
4.7 Bank Site Selection......................................................................................................10
5.0 OWNERSHIP, LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT, AND SITE PROTECTION ................... 11
5.1 Ownership..................................................................................................................11
5.2 Long-term Management................................................................................................11
5.3 Site Protection.............................................................................................................11
6.0 QUALIFICATIONS OF SPONSOR............................................................................. 12
7.0 FINANCIAL ASSURANCES....................................................................................... 12
8.0 BASELINE CONDITIONS........................................................................................... 13
8.1 Mitigation Sites............................................................................................................13
8.2 Reference Sites...........................................................................................................13
9.0 RESTORATION PLAN............................................................................................... 13
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10.0
PROPOSED MITIGATION.........................................................................................
13
11.0
MONITORING PLAN..................................................................................................
14
12.0
ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PLAN.............................................................................
14
13.0
ASSURANCE OF SUFFICIENT WATER RIGHTS ......................................................
14
14.0
Beaufort 56 — Clayroot Swamp Tributaries..................................................................
15
15.0
Craven 3 — Palmetto Swamp......................................................................................
20
16.0
Craven 1 — Creeping Swamp and Polland Swamp ......................................................
25
17.0
Craven 12 - Upper — Tributaries to Little Swift Creek ...................................................
29
18.0
Craven 12 (Lower) — Little Swift Creek Site Specific Information ..................................
33
19.0
Craven 75 — Fisher Swamp........................................................................................
37
20.0
Craven 30 —Tributary to Bachelor Creek....................................................................
42
21.0
Craven 26 —Tributary to Bachelor Creek....................................................................
46
22.0
Craven 27 — Beaverdam Branch.................................................................................
50
TABLES
Table 1 — Proposed Sites for Middle Neuse Stream and Wetland Umbrella Mitigation Bank ...... 2
Table 2 — Current Wilmington Corps District Credit Release Schedule ...................................... 5
Table 3 — Population Considerations........................................................................................ 7
Table 4 — Stream Classifications.............................................................................................. 8
APPENDICES
AppendixA — Photo Pages
Appendix B — Geomorphic Cross Sections
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Weyerhaeuser NR Company (the "Bank Sponsor") proposes to establish the Middle Neuse Umbrella
Mitigation Bank (the "Bank"), a commercial wetland and stream mitigation bank designed to provide
sustainable and ecologically meaningful offsite mitigation forunavoidable losses to non -tidal wetlands
and other waters of the United States that result from activities authorized under Sections 401 and 404 of
the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act within the Bank's service area. The
proposed Bankwill be an entrepreneurial freshwater wetland and stream mitigation bank that is solely
owned and operated by the Bank Sponsor. All mitigation sites addended to the Bank will be wholly owned
by the Bank Sponsor unless otherwise noted.
The proposed umbrella structure of the Bank is designed to initially permit eight (8) mitigation sites, and
establish the umbrella mitigation banking instrument (UMBI) for future mitigation sites. The first eight (8)
sites are Beaufort 56, Craven 3, Craven 1, Craven 12, Craven 75, Craven 30, Craven 26, and Craven 27
(Table land Exhibit 1). Theses ites are identified as having potential to help meet the compensatory
mitigation requirement for stream and freshwater wetland impacts in hydrological unit code (HUC)
03020202 of the Neuse River Basin (Exhibit 2). Site specific information, including preliminary mitigation
plans for each mitigation site, is included in this prospectus.
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Table 1— Proposed Sites for Middle Neuse Stream and Wetland Umbrella Mitigation Ba
Beaufort
56
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A-1
A-2
A-3
A-4
B-1
B-2
B-3
B-4
B-5
C-1
C-2
C-3
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Length (LF)
3,283
394
760
1,914
2,552
1,257
1,852
1,491
1,449
3,510
1,142
1,812
Conservation
Easement Area (AC)
14 -Digit HUCProposed
Activity
108.0
03020202001635
Headwater Restoration
03020202001635
Headwater Restoration
03020202001635
Headwater Restoration
03020202001635
Priority 1 Restoration
03020202001637
Headwater Restoration
03020202001637
Preservation
03020202001637
Enhancement 1
03020202001637
Preservation
03020202001637
Priority 1 Restoration
03020202001639
Headwater Restoration
03020202001639
Preservation
03020202001639
Headwater Restoration
Craven 3
1
2
4,091
1,945
41.2
03020202007794
Priority 1 Restoration
03020202007794
Preservation
Craven 120.4
1
2
2,223
1,939
03020202001634
Preservation
03020202000329
Preservation
Craven
12
1 (Little Swift Crk)
8,806
125.1
03020202000005
03020202000006
Preservation
Preservation
2(UnnamedTribs
& Little Swift Crk) 6,
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4
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319
03020202002251
Headwater Restoration
437
03020202002251
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886
03020202002251
Preservation
1,264
03020202002251
Preservation
Craven
30
1
2,184
44.5
03020202007958
Headwater Restoration
2
3
843
03020202007958
Headwater Restoration
698
03020202007958
Headwater Restoration
4
1,149
03020202007958
Headwater Restoration
5
1,873
03020202007958
Priority 1 Restoration
Craven
26
1
2,622
28.5
03020202000900
Headwater Restoration
2
2,766
03020202000900
Priority 1 Restoration
Enhancement Level 2
Preservation
3
654
03020202000900
03020202000768
Craven
27
1
2,812
13.0
Total
66,865
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1.1 PROJECT OBJECTIVES
The primary goal of the Bank will be to provide high quality, successful, and ecologically -significant
mitigation for unavoidable impacts to aquatic resourcesfound within the Middle Neuse watershed by
creating functionally based bank credits.
The Bank Sponsor proposes to achieve this goal by:
1. Employing a watershed approach in the selection of potential mitigation sites that wi I I take
advantage of ecological benefits within the watershed as compared to onsite mitigation
options that often prove to be impracticable or of low ecological value.
2. Utilizing scale efficiencies by combining the required mitigation for impacts from smaller
individual projects within the designated service areas into larger sites with greater ecological
value and a more significant watershed impact, thus achieving ecologic and economic
economies of scale.
3. Enabling permittees to efficiently meet regulatory requirements by streamlining the
permitting and compensatory mitigation process. This reduces time and cost for not only the
permittees but also the regulatory review agencies.
4. Reducing or eliminating temporal loss of resource functions and services since ba n credits
will be approved prior to permitted impacts.
S. Ensuring a high degree of success through vegetative and hydrological monitoring and long-
term management.
For the individual mitigation sites, the Bank Sponsor has identified site-specific objectives that will be
applied to successfully achieve the primary project goal as stated above. Site-specific objectives will
include:
1. Objective 1: Increase Native Vegetative Diversity— Remove commercial loblolly p i ne (Pinus
taeda) plantations and/or other non-native vegetative communities and replant native pla nt
species
2. Objective 2: Improve Water Quality and Flood Storage Capacity — Restore the native plant
communities and remove man-made barriers (e.g., culverts, berms, ditches, planting beds,
etc.) to restore natural hydrological flow and hydroperiods;
3. Objective 3: Increase Quantityand Qualityof Habitat forWildlife— Restore and enhance the
native plant communities and protect the same in perpetuity;
4. Objective 4: Control and/or Eradication of Non -Native Plant Species — Prevent degrading
native plant communities; and
5. Objective 5: Restoration of Natural Stream Channel Flow— Restorethe appropriate pattern,
dimension, and profile in stream channels including removing any impediments to natural
hydrological flow.
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1.2 BANK SPONSOR AND CONTACT INFORMATION
The Bank Sponsor and owner of the mitigation sites is Weyerhaeuser NR Company. The contact
information for Weyerhaeuser NR is as follows:
Weyerhaeuser NR
Attn: Doug Hughes
406 Cole Road
Hattiesburg, MS 39402
601-341-6054
2.1 UMBRELLA MITIGATION BANKING INSTRUMENT
The UMBI will provide the guidelines for the Bank's establishment, use, operation, and maintenance and
its individual mitigation sites. The UMBI will set the framework by which individual mitigation sites will be
addended to the Bank as they are identified. The UMBI also will set the framework by which the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers (Corps), Wilmington District, Interagency Review Team (IRT)will reviews ite-s pecif ic
mitigation plans and UMBI addenda. In developing an umbrella mitigation bank, it is the Bank Sponsor's
intent to eliminate redundancy in administration and focus review resources on technical issues related to
the development, implementation, and success of site-specific mitigation plansforeach mitigation site
addended to the Bank's UMBI.
2.2 CREDIT DETERMINATION
Credits that will be generated from the individual mitigation sites shall be based on the Corps' most
current mitigation credit determination methodology. Currently, the Corps is utilizing the Wilmington
District Stream and Wetland Compensatory Mitigation Update (October 24, 2016)' to quantify mitigation
project credit potential. As other methodologies are adopted by the Corps, future mitigation sites
addended to the Bank will use these new methodologies where appropriate.
2.3 CREDIT RELEASE SCHEDULE
All credit releases will be based on the total number of credits generated as reported in the mitigation
plan for each site addended to the Bank's UMBI. The Corps, in consultation with the IRT, will determine if
performance standards have been satisfied adequately to meet the requirements of the credit release
schedule detailed in the mitigation site's restoration plan. In cases where some performa nce standards
have not been met, credits may still be released depending on the specifics of the case. At the direction of
the Corps, in consultation with the IRT, monitoring may be required to be extended, d epend i ng o n the
extent to which the mitigation site fails to meet the specified performance standard. The release of project
credits will be subject to the criteria described in Table 2 on the following page.
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Table 2 — Current Wilmington Corps District Credit Release Schedule
Release I Credits Cumulative
Milestone 11W
Credit Release Activity Released Credits
Released
1
Site Esta blishment(Includesallrequired criteria stated below)
15%
15%
2
IRT review and approvaIofBaselineMonitoringReportandAs -Built Survey
15%
30%
3
First yea r monitoring report demonstrates performa nce standa rds a re being met
10%
40%
4
Second year monitoring report demonstrates performance standards are being met
10%
50%
5
Third year monitoring report demonstrates performance standards are being met
10%
60%
65%
6
Fourth year monitoring report demonstrates performance standards are being met
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7 Fifth year monitoring report demonstrates performancestandards are being met 10%
(85%**)
80%
8 Sixth year monitoring report demonstrates performance standards are being met 5%
(95%**)
9 Seventh year monitoring report demonstrates performance standards have been 10% 90%
met, and mitigation site has received close-out approval (100%**)
**10% reserve of creditsto be held backuntil the banktull event performance standard has been met. These reserve creditsca nnot
be released priorto completion ofyear4 monitoring report.
2.4 INITIAL ALLOCATION OF RELEASED CREDITS
The initial allocation of released credits, asspecified in the mitigation plan can be released by the Corps,
in consultation with the IRT, with written approval of the DE upon satisfactory completion of the following
activities:
1. Approval of UMBI by the Corps, in consultation with the IRT;
2. Approval of final Mitigation Plan fora mitigation site,
3. Confirmation that the mitigation site has been secured;
4. Delivery of executed financial assurances as specified in the mitigation site's Mitigation Plan;
5. Delivery of a copy of the recorded conservation easement as described in the mitigation site's
Mitigation Plan, as well as a title opinion covering the property acceptable to the Corps; and
6. Issuance of any Department of Army permits necessary for construction of the mitigation site
(if necessary).
2.5 SUBSEQUENT CREDIT RELEASES
The second credit release for a mitigation site addended to the Bankwill occur after the completion of
restoration activities outlined in the mitigation site's restoration plan, including submitting the Baseline
Monitoring Report and As -built Reportforthe mitigation site. All subsequent credit releases must be
approved by the Corps, in consultation with the IRT, based on a determination that required performance
standards have been achieved. As projects approach milestones associated with a credit release, the
Sponsorwill submit a request for a credit release to the Corps along with documentation substantiating
achievement of criteria required for the release to occur. This documentation will be included with the
mitigation site's annual monitoring report.
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Located within the Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain level III ecoregion and the Neuse River Basin, the Bank's
geographic service area (the "GSA") is defined by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) 8 -digit HUC
within which the Bank's sites are located, the Middle Neuse 01 (HUC #03020202) (Exhibit 2).
The Bank's credits are proposed to be used to offset unavoidable, permitted impacts within the Bank's
GSA. Use of the Bank's credits outside of its GSA maybe permissible with approval by the Corps, which
will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
4.0 WATERSHED CONSIDERATIONS
4.1 WATERSHED ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AND MITIGATION NEEDS
The Middle Neuse Umbrella Stream and Wetland Mitigation Bank is proposed to provide compensatory
mitigation for permitted impacts within the Neuse River Basin (HUC 03020202). This 1,065 square -mile
watershed is situated to the southeast of the Raleigh metropolitan area. Goldsboro is located on the
western border, New Bern on the eastern border, and Kinston is in the center of the watershed. The
watershed also includes Greene, Lenoir, and Craven counties and portions of Wayne, Jones, Beaufort, a nd
Pitt counties.
Water quality in the larger Neuse River Basin, which extends from Person County in the north central pa rt
of the state to the Neuse River Estuary in New Bern and out to the Pamlico Sound, has been a focus of
water quality concerns for nearly three decades. The Middle Neuse watershed is downstream of both
Neuse 03020201, which includes Durham and Raleigh, and 03020203, which includes heavily agricultural
areas such as Smithfield, Goldsboro, and Farmville. Both sediment from upstream rural areas and nutrients
from agricultural land, including row crop and livestock, contribute significantly to water quality
degradation in the watershed. Restoration and conservation of aquatic resources and riparian land in the
Middle Neuse, provides protection and the potential for significant improvement of water quality within
the Neuse River Estuary.
4.1.1 POPULATION CONSIDERATIONS
Of the counties in the Middle Neusewatershed, Pitt County has the largest population at 175,885 (July
2016 estimate; See Table 3.). Wayne County and Craven County are the only other two counties with
populations over 100,000. Based on 2016 Census data, the population in Pitt County is growing just below
the state's growth rate (4.6 percentas compared to 6.5 percentgrowth). Othercounties areexperie ncing
less growth with declines occurring in Beaufort and Lenoir counties. This watershed would be considered
predominantly rural with agriculture and forestry being the predominant land uses in the watershed.
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Table 3 - Population Considerations
April 2010
County Estimate July 2016
Estimate
Base
Nnrth
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Numeric Percent Births Deaths Natural I Net
Increase Migration
9,535,688 10,155,942 620,254 6.5
Carolina
753,025 530,327 222,698 397,556
Pitt 168,152 175,885
7,733
4.6
13,332
7,778
j 5,554
j 2,179
Wayne
122,638
124,808
2,170
1.8
10,606
7,554
3,052
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Craven
I 103,501
I 103,737
236
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9,726
6,551
I 3,175
I -2,939
Lenoir
59,531
57,587
1,944
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4,136
4,556
-420
1,524
Beaufort
I 47,779
I 47,610
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3,048
3,660
I -612
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Greene
21,362
21,421
59
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1,367
1,205
162
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10,150
10,354
204
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800
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390
Totals
533,113
541,402
8,289
1.6%
42,829
32,104
10,725
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4.2 WATER QUALITY CONSIDERATIONS
The North Carolina Division of Water Resources (NCDWR) assigns a primary classification to the state's
surface waters according to their use standards and any other applicable protections for drinking water or
recreation. In a cco rda nce with the federal Clean Water Act, all waters must meet the standards for Class C,
which means that they are fishable and swimmable. Waters not meeting this standard are considered
"impaired". Surface waters of unnamed tributaries that are not classified are assigned the classification of
their nearest downstream classified water.
Table 4 outlines the classification of the streams included in the Bank that are presented in this
Prospectus. Each of these is Class C. Class Cwaters are protected for fishing, wildlife, fish consumption,
aquatic life, agriculture, and secondary recreation, which includes boating, wading, and other non -
continuous or purposeful contact with water. These waters also have been given an additional
classification of Nutrient Sensitive Waters (NSW), indicating a need for nutrient management to protect
water quality. Excess nutrients lead to increased microscopic or macroscopic vegetation within the
waterway and a depletion of oxygen. The "Sw" classification shown for each indicates "Swamp Waters".
These waters generally occur within larger swamp systems and have lowervelocities than other streams,
which are not similarly located. Waters not meeting their use classification must be reported to the U.S.
Environmental Protection Association (USEPA) biannually. This list is known as the "303(d) Impaired
Waterbodies List." Table 4 also includes how each of the proposed stream systems was assessed and
reported in 2014 (the most recent final report).
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Table 4
—Stream Classifications
Nearest NamedIVP
2014 Integrated
Classification
Notes
Waterbody
303(d) Report
Upstream of Creeping Swamp, which joins
Beaufort
Pollard Swamp
C; Sw; NSW
Insufficient Data
Clayroot Swamp (impaired)and is a tributaryto
56-A
Swift Creek (impaired).
Beaufort
Joins Clayroot Swamp (impaired) and is a
CreepingSwamp
C; Sw; NSW
Insufficient Data
56-B
tributaryto Swift Creek (impaired).
Beaufort
Upstream of CreepingSwamp, which joins
Gorham Swamp
C; Sw; NSW
Insufficient Data
Clayroot Swamp (impaired) and is a tributaryto
56-C
Swift Creek (impaired).
Joins Clayroot Swamp (impaired) and is a
Craven 1
CreepingSwamp
C; Sw; NSW
Insufficient Data
tributaryto Swift Creek (impaired).
Craven
Palmetto Swamp
C;Sw; NSW
Supporting
Tributary to Swift Creek (impaired).
Tributary to Swift Creek, which enters the Neuse
Craven
Little Swift Creek
C; Sw; NSW
Insufficient Data
River ^3.5 miles upstream ofthe estuary, which
12 Lower
is impaired.
Tributaryto Swift Creek, which enters the Neuse
Craven
Little Swift Creek
C; Sw; NSW
Insufficient Data
River ^3.5 miles upstream ofthe estuary, which
12 Upper
is impaired.
Craven
FisherSwamp
C;Sw; NSW
Supporting
Tributary to Little Swift Creek.
75
Craven
Beaverdam Branch
C; Sw; NSW
Supporting
Tributary to Bachelor Creek.
27
Craven
Joins the Gut upstream of the Neuse River
Bachelor Creek
C; Sw; NSW
Supporting
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Estuary (impaired).
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Supporting
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Estuary (impaired).
4.3 NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM AND CONSERVATION AREAS
The North Carolina Natural Heritage Program has identified much of the area to be included in the
umbrella bank as high priority for biodiversity and wildlife habitat as well as for conserving working
forests. An area along the Neuse River near Turkey Quarter Creek, which is protected by a conservation
easement held by the Coastal Land Trust, appears to be the only significant area identified as conservation
within the Middle Neuse watershed.
4.4 RIVER BASIN RESTORATION PRIORITIES
The North Carolina Division of Mitigation Services prepares River Basin Restoration Priority documents to
support the watershed considerations and functional basis for mitigation as required by the 2008 federal
Compensatory Mitigation Rule. The Middle Neuse watershed was addressed in the 2010 Neuse River
Basin Restoration Priorities document prepared by the North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Prog ram
(EEP). This document provides an assessment of restoration and conservation opportunities to improve
and protect water quality within the watershed. In general, the EEP identified opportunities within a 14 -
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digit watershed,creating"targeted local watersheds." For Neuse02, the docu men thigh lights only the
Stoney Creek watershed, which is at the very north west border and conservation of area s near existi ng
Natural Heritage Areas and other conservation lands. These two goals will not provide water quality
improvement or protection of the status quo with future development.
The proposed Bank will restore and protect significant aquatic resources in a watershed that, to date, has
received limited consideration for conservation purposes. Such consideration is warranted as growth
pressures created by the Kinston Bypass, increasing coastal development in areas such as New Bern a nd
Greenville, and with an abundance of aquatic resources and habitat that currently exist and flow directly
to the Neuse River. Voluntary conservation of private lands is an important tool to augment the regulatory
strategies in place since 1997 to reduce excess nitrogen and phosphorus entering the estuary and
meeting the states goal of removing the Neuse estuary from North Carolina's impaired waters list.
4.5 THE NEED FOR COMPENSATORY MITIGATION IN THE WATERSHED
As discussed above, maintaining, restoring, and enhancing aquatic resources in the Middle Neuse
watershed is essential to the health of the estuary. In the upper parts of the Neuse River basin,
compensatory mitigation has been a key addition to the State's Neuse River Rules, which provide
development guidance aswell asproceduresand programsto offset impacts to riparian buffers and
reduce nutrient inputs from stormwater runoff. The Upper Neuse basin has 19 private, commercial
mitigation banks providing stream, wetland, and riparian buffer mitigation and nutrient offsets.
The Middle Neuse basin has only five banks with only two providing wetland credits and three providing
buffer and nutrient credits. No commercial stream mitigation banks currently exist in the watershed. While
growth and development pressures have been limited in the rural counties comprising the watershed,
demographics and land use patterns suggest that may be changing, especially within the City of Kinston
at the top of the watershed and the City of New Bern right outside of the southern bound ary. The most
significant, immediate need for stream mitigation credits is for the North Carolina Department of
Transportation's (NCDOT's) planned permitting and construction of the Kinston Bypass.
4.6 WEYERHAEUSER'S ROLE IN THE WATERSHED
Weyerhaeuser NR, the Bank Sponsor, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser Company.
Weyerhaeuser is the largest private landowner in the United States with a significant amount of land and
operations in North Carolina and, more specifically, throughout the Middle Neusewatershed. Exhibit 1
shows Weyerhaeuser's current holdings in the area, which total approximately 13 percent of the
watershed or nearly 90,000 acres.
Weyerhaeuser Company focuses on three primary businesses, Land Management/Timber Production,
Wood Products Manufacturing, and Real Estate Sales and Development. One of the main focuses for the
Real Estate Sales and Development business is to continuously review the Company's portfolio
determining the best value to the company for any given acre. During this process, Weyerhaeuser focuses
on properties that are low returning from a timber production standpoint and schedules these properties
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for disposition or to see if they have development potential. In either case the land use has a high
probability of changing. Currently the property along the Neuse River is underthis review.
The sites presented in this Prospectus are Weyerhaeuser p rope rtiesthat have been selected for their
ecological significance. As discussed herein, the Bank will include significant aquatic resources that wiII be
restored, enhanced, and preserved and range from altered headwater systems in pine production that will
be restored hardwood wetland and stream complexes to the preservation of mature swamp systems
along navigable waterways within a few miles of the mouth of the Neuse River.
But for the development of the Bank, the sites presented here, and future sites that may be included in
the Bank, will be subjectto the same business considerations as all other Weyerhaeuser properties.
4.7 BANK SITE SELECTION
In developing a set of selection criteria to determine the suitability of a mitigation site to provide high
quality, successful, and ecologically -significant compensatory mitigation, the Bank Sponsor reviewed
information gathered from multiple sources including, but not limited to, the following:
• Data from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's (NCDEQ) River Basin
Restoration Priority Plans';
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers studies and reports;
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service habitat management plans, reports, and other studies;
• North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission's (NCWRC) State Wildlife Action Plan';
• Local watershed management plans, initiatives, and/or task forces; and
• Local NGO restoration and protection initiatives.
Based in part on the information described above, the Bank Sponsor developed a set of specifics election
criteria to be used to selects uitable mitigation sites toad dend to the Bank. The specific criteria include
the following:
• Access — Potential sites must have permeant, deeded access.
• Proximity to Impacts — Potential sites must be within the 8 -digit HUC in which the impacts
are anticipated to occur.
• Existing Land Base — Potential sites must be currently owned by the Ba nk Spo nso r. Other
sites not currently owned by the Bank Sponsorwith high ecological or cultural significance
may be considered.
• Watershed Impact — Restoring, enhancing, and protecting a potential site must contribute to
the overall improvement of the watershed in which it is found
• Restoration Potential — Potential sites must have a combination of wetland and stream
restoration, enhancement, and/or preservation. Sites with historical alterations, such as
silviculture, will generally be given priority for development.
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• Habitat Connectivity — Potential sites must contribute to creating larger, contiguous
conservation properties to help support habitat diversity, quality, and stability.
• Sufficient Water Rights/Resources — Potential sites must have sufficient water
rights/resources to sustain restored, enhanced, and/or protected wetlands and streams.
• Mineral Rights — The Bank Sponsor must own/control the surface mineral rights including
gravel, sand, salt, and coal.
5.1 OWNERSHIP
Unless otherwise noted in the mitigation plan for each mitigation site, each site addended to the Bank will
be owned in fee -simple by the Bank Sponsor.
5.2 LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT
The Bank Sponsor will serve as long-term steward (LTS) and will assume the management of the
mitigation sites upon their closure. The Bank Sponsor will retain the duties as the LTS for each mitigation
site unless the management responsibilities for that site have been assigned or otherwise transferred, in
whole or in part, to another third party acceptable to the Corps, whose acceptance shall not be
unreasonably withheld and shall be incorporated into the long-term management plan for that site by
amendment. The LTS shall implement the long-term management plan to be developed for each
individual mitigation site, as well as manage and monitorthe individual mitigation sites to preserve their
habitat and conservation values and the deed restrictions or conservation easement. The LTS shall not be
responsible for managing the individual mitigation sites beyond the financial capacity of financial
assurances established to pay forthe implementation of the long-term management activities.
5.3 SITE PROTECTION
To ensure long-term protection of the mitigation sites to be addended to the Bank, the Bank Sponsor wil I
be responsible for maintaining and protecting the mitigation sites in perpetuity, unless the mitigation
sites are to betransferred to a state orfederal resource agency, non-profit conservation organization, or
this responsibility is contractually conveyed to another person, all of which will be subject to approval by
the IRT. The Bank Sponsor plans to utilize the current Wilmington District's Permanent Conservation
Easement template' for the perpetual protection of each mitigation site addended to the Bank. The
conservation easement will be held by a non-profit conservation organization or state agency located in
North Carolina. The conservation easement will outline specifically which activities will be prohibited and
which activities such as hunting, fishing, and recreational use are permissible; given the activity cause no
negative effect on the functions and values of the restored wetlands and streams. Forest management
within a conservation easement can be allowed if this activity is performed to protect the natural
environment in areas where natural forces such as fire, flood, storm, insects, or infectious organisms
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damage the forest. Impacts that adversely affect the function and value of the individual mitigation sites,
which are caused by permissible activities, will require permitting and subsequent mitigation if required.
Through sustainable forest management, Weyerhaeuser provides products that meet a wide range of
human needs while preserving a healthy environment. As the country's largest private la ndowner with
more than 13.2 million acres under ownership and a major purchaser of fiber and products derived from
wood, Weyerhaeuser has a responsibility and an economic interest in the long -term viability of forest
resources.
Weyerhaeuser agrees with a vision that the best way to sustain forest resources g lobal ly is throug h a
balance of three approaches:
Protect one category of forests for biological diversity, recreation, and other social and
environmental values.
Manage another category intensively to produce as much wood and fiber as possible whiIe
protecting the environment.
Manage a third category less intensively to maintain more natural qualities to meet g loba I
needs for wood and to sustain local communities.
All three categories are represented among the land in Weyerhaeuser's care. Weyerhaeuser manages
these lands in compliance with internationally recognized standards of sustainable forestry, and
independent auditors regularly inspect their management and certify their compliance. What's more,
Weyerhaeuser does not operate in native tropical forests, and they do not purchase wood products from
forests at risk.
Through their holdings in the Southern United States, Weyerhaeuser has developed thirteen (13) wetla nd
and stream mitigation projects that are cost-effective and ecologically significant. Weyerhaeuser works to
insure a vibrant, sustainable future—one that holds great promises for our planet, its people, and natural
resources.
With their long-standing commitment to sustainability, Weyerhaeuser brings unparalleled expertise a nd
knowledge to their wetland mitigation bank needs. Frederick Weyerhaeuser founded the company in
1900 and proclaimed, "This is not for us, nor for our children—but for our grandchildren." That sincerity of
purpose lives on today in Weyerhaeuser's commitment to wetland and stream mitigation.
The Bank Sponsor will provide financial assurances in a form acceptable to the IRT, sufficient to assure
completion of all mitigation work, required reporting and monitoring, and any remedial work that maybe
required pursuant to the final UMBI.
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Prior to the first credit release, forthe individual mitigation sites proposed here as well as all add itiona I
sites permitted under the proposed UMBI, the Bank Sponsors ha I I furnish a financial assurance instrument
covering all reasonably anticipated costs relating to construction, operation, monitoring, maintenance,
and any remedial measures associated with mitigations ites. The mitigation plan for each mitigation site
sha I I consist of either a Performance Bond underwritten by a surety company I icensed to do business in
North Carolina or a casualty insurance policy in an appropriate form to be approved by the Corps in
compliance with current Corps policy and guidance documents. The total value of such a bond or policy
will be based on reasonably expected costs associated with approved mitigation plans, plus a reasonable
contingency, which collectively shall be sufficient to ensure the project will be successfully comp I eted in
accordance with applicable performance standards.
If bonds are utilized, the initial performance bond shall be replaced following completion of construction
and IRT approval of the mitigation site's as -built reports. Once all performance standards have been met,
the Bank Sponsor may withdraw monies from or otherwise terminate the financial assurance instrument
described in this paragraph.
8.1 MITIGATION SITES
Baseline information for each mitigation site addended to the Bank will be contained in each site's
mitigation plan and will contain information required in 33 C.F.R. 332.4(c) 5.
8.2 REFERENCE SITES
In addition to the baseline information to be presented by the Bank Sponsor for any proposed mitigation
site, the Bank Sponsoralso will identify and provide the same information fora reference site thatwill be
used to identify the proposed mitigation site's potential and to assist in the development of appropriate
performance standards for the proposed mitigation site. The Bank Sponsor will make every effort to locate
the reference sitewithin the same 8 -digit HUC watershed as the mitigation site. Since the reference site
will be monitored throughout the life of the proposed mitigation site, it must be in an area that will not be
affected by the proposed restoration and/or enhancement activities to be conducted on the mitigation
site or future development of adjacent or nearby properties.
For each mitigation site addended to the Bank, the Bank Sponsor will submit a site-specific restoration
plan that outlines the restoration, enhancement, and/or preservation activities proposed for the mitigation
site.
For each mitigation site addended to the Bank, the Bank Sponsor will submit a breakdown of the stream
and wetland mitigation credits that will be produced for the mitigation site. Credits will be calculated
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utilizing the Wilmington District Stream and Wetland Compensatory Mitigation Update (October 24, 2016)
or the assessment methodology currently being used by the Wilmington Corps.
The performance standards and monitoring plan for each mitigation site addended to the Bank will be
based on the Wilmington District Stream and Wetland Compensatory Mitigation Update (October 24,
2016). In general, the monitoring program will be implemented for 7years with an opportunity for an
early termination after 5 years if a mitigation site's performance standards have been shown to have been
met.
An adaptive management plan will be developed for each mitigation site addended to the Bank and wi II
be based on the plan approved in the UMBI. In the event monitoring results indicate a mitigation site is
not meeting one or more of its performance standards, remedial actions will be implemented following
notification of the UMBI's Corps project manager. Adaptive management and remedial measures are
discussed in general below.
In the State of North Carolina, water rights are owned by the State (General Statute 142-211 (N.C. G.S. §
143-211(a)). Developed using the "riparian rights" doctrine, water law in the State of North Carolina
entitles a riparian landowner to the natural flow of a stream running through or along his land. The
landowner has the right to make "reasonable use" of the watercourse, meaning the landowner may make
use of the water, if their use does not interfere with the reasonable use of another downstream riparian
landowner.
Native waters supplied through surface runoff, overbank flooding events, and groundwater will provide
sustaining hydrology to the Bank sites. In development of the Bank sites, potential effects on upstream
and downstream waters and properties will be assessed and care will be taken to ensure that mitigation
activities will not result in the impoundment of streams or storage of runoff outside ofthe Bank property.
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14.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Beaufort 56 site includes the restoration, enhancement and preservation of approximately 21,416
linear feet of tributaries to PoIland' Swamp (Reach A), Creeping Swamp (Reach B), and Gorham Swamp
(Reach C) and associated riparian buffers that are currently within relatively narrow bands of ha rd wood
forest and riparian buffer within active timber production. The three areas that comprise the site — 56A,
56B, and 56C — include a total of twelve stream reaches. Each area includes a headwater area transitioning
downstream to a named swamp system. The site's extensive stream and wetland complexes will be
restored, enhanced, and preserved as a headwater swamp transitioning to a bottomland hardwood
riverine wetland and stream system and protected by an approximately 120.4 -acre conservation easement
that provides buffers of 100 feet in the headwater areas to 150 feet along each side restoration and
preservation reaches. Figure 9 shows the proposed mitigation plan for the site.
Upstream of the site, the land use is predominantly timber production with some agriculture. Very I ittle
commercial, industrial, or residential development exists currently within the local watershed.
This site has a Relative Conservation Value of 6 to 7 within the headwaters of each system down to its
named receiving water on the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program's scale of Biodiversity and Wildlife
Habitat Assessment (BWHA), which provides a rating scale from 1 (moderate) to 9-10 (maximum value). A
BWHA value is indicative of an area's capacity to support ecological functions and sustain biodiversity. In
this area, the wetlands along Reach B down to Creeping Swamp and Reach C down to Gorham Swamp are
identified as depressional swamp forest with an overall wetland rating of Excellent.
14.2 SITE LOCATION
The site is in Beaufort County approximately 23 miles north of New Bern (Figure 1). The site may be
accessed from Pollard Road from State Road 102, approximately 3 miles east of U.S. Highway 17. Internal
site roads provide additional access.
14.3 LANDOWNERSHIP
The site is located on land owned by Weyerhaeuser. Contact information is provided below:
Weyerhaeuser NR
Attn: Doug Hughes
406 Cole Road
Hattiesburg, MS 39402
601-341-6054
s There is some discrepancy within the base mapping and other resources with regard to the name ofthis system.
The road is "Pollard Swamp Road", but USGS mapp ing names the systemas Polland Swamp.
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14.4 EXISTING CONDITIONS
14.4.1 EXISTING JURISDICTIONAL WATERS
Throughout the site, each of the proposed stream reaches and the associated immediate riparian area
appear to be jurisdictional waters. Areas of planted pine adjacent to the existing hardwood buffer do not
currently have sufficient hydrology to meetjurisdictional wetland criteria. The predominance of hyd ric
soils, including muck soils, on-site indicate that historically this full site was likely jurisdictional wetla nds.
The USGS topographic map for each site (Figure 2) and National Wetland Inventory (Figure 7) are in
accord with this assessment. Awetland delineation will be prepared and included in the mitigation plan so
that a jurisdictional determination may be made.
Wetlands:
The headwater restoration areas each begin in soils that are classified as hyd ric a nd sup port wetla nd
communities. It is anticipated that with the stream restoration and planting of appropriate coa sta I pla i n
riverine hardwood and herbaceous vegetation that the riparian area along all reaches will be restored to
wetland conditions. The depressional hardwood swamp areas along site 56A, Reach 1, and 56B, Reaches 3,
4, and 5 are rated Excellent in the Natural Heritage Program's rating system. Much of the site is classified
as drained pine flatwood. During the mitigation plan phase, the areas will be carefully assessed to
determine the appropriate wetland community to be established. Vegetation currently present in the
areas that are not in current pine plantation include species typically found in pine flats, such as red maple
(Acer rubrum) and sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), and shrubs such as horsesugar (Symplocos
tinctoria(), American holly (11exopoca), and swamp bay (Persea palustris).
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Streams:
All the site's unnamed tributaries and named swamp systems, including Polland Swamp, Creeping Swamp,
and Gorham Swamp are Class C waters with additional designations of nutrient sensitive (NSW) and
swamp (Sw). These systems alljoin in Clayroot Swamp, however, which is listed as impaired and drains to
the impaired segment of Swift Creek. Thewatershed areas associated with the reaches o n this s ite are
outlined in the table below.
Table 14.13— Contributing Watershed Areas
Key Watershed Measurement Location Upstream Watershed Area
Upstream end of Reach A-1 182 acres
Upstream end of Reach A-2 63 acres
Downstream end of Reach A-4 475 acres
Upstream end of Reach B-1
79 acres
Upstream end of Reach B-4
50 acres
Downstream end of Reach B-3
487 acres
Upstream end of Reach C-1 40 acres
Downstream end of Reach C-2 664 acres
14.4.2 EXISTING REACH CONDITIONS
Reaches A-1 —A-4, B-1, B2, C-1 and C-3 are incised with limited access to the adjacent flood plain. These
systems should be headwater stream systems and shallow Rosgen Type E channels but have been
extensively ditched so that they are disconnected from their floodplains and drain the adjacent historic
riparian wetlands. These reaches have an NC SAM ratings of Low due to the ditched and incised nature of
the channel and the fact that the reaches have little to no access to their adjacent floodplains. Bank -
height ratios forthese reaches range from 2.5 to 4.0. Photos of some of the primary reaches are included
in Appendix A and cross-sections are included in Appendix B.
Reach B-3 has an NC SAM rating of Medium and has good access to the floodplain along its right bank,
but is disconnected from the floodplain along the left bank by existing spoil piles. Additionally, the
channel has been straightened and ditched in the past
Reaches B-4 and C-2 are proposed for preservation and have NC SAM ratings of High. This rating is d ue
to the fact that the stream reaches have easy access to their floodplain, lots of in -stream and stream -side
habitat, existence of riparian wetlands, and these systems are stable.
Reach B-5 is a relic section of channel where flow has been diverted along a roadside ditch system away
from the historic valley. This system would have an NC SAM rating of High if the flow was returned to the
relic channel and wetland system.
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14.4.3 ENDANGERED/THREATENED SPECIES
Table 14.0 includes a full list of state and federally listed species known to occur in Beaufort County.
Based on field investigations and current on-site conditions, suitable habitat is not present on-site for the
listed native species. Care will betaken during restoration activities to restore the natural habitat that may
support protected species. More detailed species surveys and information will be prepared as warranted
during preparation of the Mitigation Plan forthe site.
Table 14.0 - Beaufort County Protected Species
(NC Natural Herita e Program, https://www.ncnhp.org/data/species- -search, updated August 18, 2017, accessed November 6, 2017.)
Common Name Scientific NameFederal Status State Status Suitable Habitat Present?
Vertebrates IF
Atlantic sturgeon
Bald eagle
American alligator
Red -cockaded woodpecker
West Indian manatee
Carolina gopherfrog
Kemp's Ridley sea turtle
Acipenser oxyrinchus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Alligator mississippiensis
Picoides borealis
Trichechus manatus
Rana capito
Lepidochelyskempii
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Atllanticpigtoe Fisconiamasoni
Vascular Plants
L_Grassleafarrowhead Sagittario weatherbiona
Shadowwitch Ponthievaracemosa
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Rough -leaf loosestrife
Sensitive joint vetch
Snowy Orchid
Gulfcoast spikerush
Lysimachio asperulifolia
Aeschynomene virginica
Platanthera nivea
Eleocharis cellulosa
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14.4.4 CULTURAL RESOURCES
A search of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources— State Historic Preservation Office
(SHPO) GIS Web Service (http://gis.ncdcr.gov/hpoweb/, accessed November 6, 2017) showed no known
significant historic or archeological resources on site or immediately adjacentto the site. While no impacts
to such resources if they do occur are anticipated (becausethe site will be preserved without on -site
disturbance), environmental screening for the mitigation plan phase of the project will include
coordination with the SHPO.
14.4.5 CONSTRAINTS
No constraints to site implementation such as conflicting right of ways or utility corridors a re known to
exist within the site.
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14.5 CONCEPTUAL MITIGATION PLAN
14.5.1 WETLANDS
Riparian wetland credits associated with priority 1 stream restoration and headwater restoration are
anticipated for ReachesA-1 —A4, B-1, B-5, C-1 and C-3. Wetlands restored and enhanced beyond 50'
from the center of the valley adjacent to the headwater restoration systems will produce riparian wetla nd
credits.
Streams:
The approximately 108 acre conservation easement and 21,416 linear feet of on-site tributaries wi I I be
restored and placed under conservation easement and the significant aquatic resources protected. A
credit ratio of 1:1 is proposed for the Headwater Restoration of Reaches A-1, A-2, A-3, B-1, C-1 and C-3.
A credit ratio of 1:1 plus 20% bonus credits for buffers greater than 150' is proposed for Reach A-4 and B-
5. A preservation ratio of 10:1 is proposed for Reach B-2 and a preservation ratio of 8:1 is proposed for
Reaches B-4 and C-2. A credit ratio of 8:1 is proposed for Reaches B-4 and C-2 due to the fact that they
have NC SAM ratings of High. Reach B-2 has an NC SAM rating of Low, but is included as proposed
mitigation because it is key to providing a continuous conservation easement from the headwaters down
to the bottom of Reach B-5. A credit ratio of 2.5:1 is proposed forthe Enhancement Level II of Reach B-3.
This proposed mitigation would generate 17,910 stream credits.
14.5.2 NEUSE RIVER RIPARIAN BUFFERS
No riparian buffer credits are proposed for this site.
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15.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Craven 3 site includes approximately 4,091 linear feet of stream restoration of an unnamed tributary
to Palmetto Swamp and preservation of 1,945 linear feet of the channel within Palmetto Swamp. The
stream site will be protected by a 41 -acre conservation easement that provides a 100 -foot buffer along
the unnamed tributary and a 50- to 200 -foot wide buffer along the reach of Palmetto Swamp. Figure 9
shows the proposed mitigation plan for the site.
Upstream of the site, the land use is predominantly agriculture, including row crops, animal production,
and timber production. Very little commercial, industrial, or residential development exists currently.
The proposed stream restoration is currently within an area of managed timber with a limited riparian
buffer. This stream has historically been manipulated for timber production.
The conservation easement area for the preservation portion of Palmetto Swamp has been configured to
provide a minimum of a 50- to 200 -foot buffer to account for meanders.
This site has a Relative Conservation Value of 6 in the stream restoration area and an RCV of 7 a to ng the
confluence area with Palmetto Swamp on the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program's scale of
Biodiversity and Wildlife Habitat Assessment (BWHA), which provides a rating scale from 1 (moderate) to
9-10 (maximum value). A BWHA value is indicative of an area's capacity to support ecological functions
and sustain biodiversity. In this area, the wetlands along Palmetto Swamp and up to the site's northern
boundary have been identified as a Depressional Swamp Forest (Riverine) with an overall wetland rating
of Substantial.
15.2 SITE LOCATION
The site is in both Craven County and Beaufort County, approximately 5'/z miles north northeast of
Vanceboro and 18 miles north of New Bern (Figure 1). The site is east of Highway 17 and is accessed
from CC Roadjust west of its intersection with Haw Branch Road (Figure 2).
15.3 LANDOWNERSHIP
The site is located on land owned by Weyerhaeuser. Contact information is provided below:
Weyerhaeuser NR
Attn: Doug Hughes
406 Cole Road
Hattiesburg, MS 39402
601-341-6054
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15.4 EXISTING CONDITIONS
15.4.1 EXISTING JURISDICTIONAL WATERS
The area adjacent to the unnamed tributary proposed for stream restoration appears to have been
manipulated such that jurisdictional wetland characteristics are no longer present. The stream channel is
likelyjurisdictional. The proposed preservation area along Palmetto Swamp is likelyjurisdictional wetlands
and stream. A wetland delineation will be prepared and included in the mitigation plan so that a
jurisdictional determination may be made.
Wetlands:
The site is underlain predominantly by hydric soils (Figures 4 and 5; Table 15.A), which are characteristic
of coastal plain riverine hardwood swamps.The Palmetto Swamp area is dominated by hardwood tree
species such as bald cypress (Taxodium distichum, black gum (Nyssabiflora), and water tupelo (Nyssa
aquatic). A significant sapling strata of hardwood species is present. The herbaceous layer, where present,
is dominated by giant cane (Arundinaria gigantea).
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Streams:
The unnamed tributaries to Palmetto Swamp carry the same water quality classification as Palmetto
Swamp, which is a Class C waterwith additional designations of nutrient sensitive (NSW) and swamp (Sw).
Palmetto Swamp is a tributary to Swift Creek. Reach 1 is a zero -order stream and Reach 2 is a second
order stream.
Table 15.13— Contributing Watershed Areas
Key Watershed Measurement Lo pstreamWatershedArea
Upstream end of Reach 1 207 acres
Downstream end of Reach 2 2,385 acres
15.4.2 EXISTING REACH CONDITIONS
Reach 1 has been channelized, has little to no buffer, and is incised. The reach also has an NC SAM rating
of Low. This rating is primarily dueto the system having no buffer, a lack of in -stream habitat, a lack of
stream -side habitat, and lack of access to the adjacent floodplain due to the past ditching of the stream
channel. The existing system classifies as an incised E6 stream channel. Appendix A includes a photo of
the existing channel.
Reach 2 is a stream -wetland system in which the channel has access to its floodplain and riparian
wetlands during frequent storm events. This system has an NC SAM rating of High due to its stable
condition, access to floodplain and riparian wetlands, in -stream and stream -side habitat, and stable
condition.
15.4.3 ENDANGERED/THREATENED SPECIES
Craven and Beaufort counties have a rich diversity of plant and animal life. Because the Site is proposed
for preservation, any protected species that occur on site will not be negatively impacted. Table 15.0
includes a full list of state and federally listed species known to occur in Craven County and a prelimina ry
determination of whether suitable habitat may exist on site for each species. More detailed species
surveys and information will be prepared as warranted during preparation of the Mitigation Plan for the
site.
Table 15.C— Craven and Beaufort Counties Protected Species
NC Natural Herita e Pro ram, https://www.ncnhp.orq/data/species-community-search, updated Au ust 18, 2017, accessed November 6, 2017.)
Listed in Count
Common Name cientific Name Craven Beaufort Federal State Suitable Habitat
Status Status Present? _
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Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus Y Y E E Yes
Bald eagle Haliaeetus Y Y BGPA T Yes
leucocephalus s
American alligator Alligator Y Y T (S/A) T No
mississippiensis _
West Indian manatee Trichechusmanatus Y E E No
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Kemp's Ridley sea turtle Lepidochelyskempii
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Eastern diamondback Crotalus
rattle snake adamanteus
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Roanoke slabshell
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Vascular Plants
Grassleaf arrowhead
Sagittaria
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weatherbiana
Shadowwitch
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Eaton's ladies'tresses
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Rough -leaf loosestrife
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asperulifolia
Sensitive joint vetch
Aeschynomene
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virginica
Snowy Orchid
Platanthera nivea
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Gulfcoastspikerush &
Eleochariscelluloso
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Seabeach knotweed
Plygonum glaucum
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Dwarf bladderworty
Utriculariaolivacea
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Raven's seedbox
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American speedwell
Veronica americana
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N
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Droopingbulrush
Scirpuslineatus
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N
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Bog bluestem
Andropogon mohrii
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N
T
No
Branched gerardia
Agalinisvirgata
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N
T
No
Carolina spleenwort
Asplenium
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N
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No
heteroresiliens
Chapman'sredtop
Tridenschapmanii
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N
T
No
Coastal goldenrod
Solidago villosicarpa
Y
N
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No
Estua ry pipewort
Eriocaulonparkeri
Y
N
T
No
Ludwigia
Globe -fruit seedbox
sphaerocarpa
Y
N
E
No
Godfrey's sandwort Minuartia godfreyi
Y
N
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No
Loose Watermilfoil Myriophyllum laxum
Y
N
E
E
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No
Mudbank crown grass Paspalum dissectum
Y
N
No
Tennessee bladder -fern Cystopteris
Y
N
No
tennesseensis
15.4.4 CULTURAL RESOURCES
A search of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources —State Historic Preservation Office
(SHPO) GIS Web Service (http://g is.ncdcr.gov/hpoweb/, accessed November 6, 2017) showed no known
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significant historic or archeological resources on site or immediately adjacent to the site. No impacts to
such resources if they do occur area nticipatedwithin the proposed preservation reach (because Reach 2
will be preserved without on-site disturbance). Because restoration of Reach 1 will include land
disturbance during construction, environmental screening for the mitigation plan phase of the project wil I
include coordination with the SHPO.
15.4.5 CONSTRAINTS
No constraints to site implementation such as conflicting right of ways or utility corridors a re known to
exist within the site.
15.5 CONCEPTUAL MITIGATION PLAN
15.5.1 WETLANDS
Priority 1 restoration of Reach 1 will re -connect the channel with its historic floodplain and will likely result
in enhancement or restoration of some of the adjacent riparian wetlands. At this stage, it is not possible to
accurately predict the area of wetland mitigation that will be included with restoration of this system, but
a small amount of wetland credits is anticipated.
15.5.2 STREAMS
The approximately 41 -acre riparian area and 6,036 linear feet of the unna med tributa ry a nd Pa I metto
Swamp will be placed under a conservation easement and the resources protected.
A priority 1 restoration approach is proposed for Reach 1. The upstream contributing drainage area is 207
acres which shows that the channel should have sufficient drainage area to qualify for priority 1
restoration as opposed to a headwater restoration approach. Proposed restoration activities will incl ud e
raising the channel invert to re -connect it with its historic valley/floodplain, providing appropriate
dimension, pattern and profile for the re-established channel, and enhancement of historic riparian
wetlands adjacent to the restored channel. A buffer width of 100 feet on both sides of the channel is
proposed for this system.
Reach 2 mitigation will consist of preservation ofthe existing system that is directly downstream of Reach
1.
Proposed credit ratios forthe priority 1 restoration of Reach 1 is 1:1 with a 12% bonus forthe extra wide
buffers of 100' on both sides of the channel. Proposed credit ratio for the connecting preservation reach
is 8:1. This would result 4,824 stream credits.
15.5.3 NEUSE RIVER RIPARIAN BUFFERS
No riparian buffer credits are proposed for this site.
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16.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Craven 1 site includes the preservation of approximately 2,223 linear feet of stream channel within
Creeping Swamp (Reach 1) and preservation of approximately 1,939 1 i near feet of stream channel within
Polland Swamp (Reach 2). The site will be protected by approximately 20.4 acres of conservation
easementthatprovidesa 150-footbufferalong each side of the stream channel. Figure 9 shows the
proposed mitigation plan forthe site.
Upstream of both systems the land use is predominantly agriculture, including row crop and animal
production, and timber production as well as a connected riverine swamp system. The proposed Beaufort
56 mitigation site is located upstream as well. Very little commercial, industrial, or residential development
exists currently.
This site has a Relative Conservation Value of 6 in the stream preservation area on the North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program's scale of Biodiversity and Wildlife Habitat Assessment (BWHA), which provides
a rating scale from 1 (moderate) to 9-10 (maximum value). A BWHA value is indicative of an area's
capacity to support ecological functions and sustain biodiversity. In this area, the wetlands along Palmetto
Swamp and up to the site's northern boundary have been identified as riverine swamp with an overall
wetland rating of Substantial.
16.2 SITE LOCATION
The site is in Craven County, closeto the borders of Beaufort County and PittCounty, approximately 8
miles southwest of Chocowinity and 23 miles north of New Bern (Figure 1). The site is off Pollard Road
south of Highway 102 (Figure 2).
16.3 LANDOWNERSHIP
Weyerhaeuser owns the entire proposed site. Contact information is provided below:
Weyerhaeuser NR
Attn: Doug Hughes
406 Cole Road
Hattiesburg, MS 39402
601-341-6054
16.4 EXISTING CONDITIONS
16.4.1 EXISTING JURISDICTIONAL WATERS
All the land and water within the conservation easement would likely be consideredjurisdictional waters.
The USGS topographic map (Figure 2) and National Wetland Inventory (Figure 7) are in accord with this
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assessment. A wetland delineation will be prepared and included in the mitigation plan so that a
jurisdictional determination may be made.
Wetlands:
The site is underlain predominantly by hydric soils (Figures 4 and 5; Table 16.A), which are characteristic
of coastal plain rive rine hardwood swamps. The swamp areas are dominated by hardwood tree species
such as bald cypress (Taxodium distichum, black gum (Nyssa bif(ora), and water tupelo (Nyssa aquatic). A
significant sapling strata of hardwood species is present. The herbaceous layer, where present, is
dominated by giant cane (Arundinaria gigantea).
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Creeping Swamp and Polland Swamp are Class C waters with additional designations of nutrient sensitive
(NSW) and swamp (Sw). These reaches are supporting their use classification. Polland Swamp is a tributary
to Creeping Swamp. Creeping Swamp is a tributaryto Clayroot Swamp, which is included on the North
Carolina 303(d) list of impaired waters. Clayroot a tributary to Swift Creek, which is also listed as impaired.
The upstream drainage area to Reach 1 is 13.6square miles and 14 square miles atthe downstream end.
The upstream drainage area to Reach 2 is 3 square miles and 3.6square miles at the downstream end.
Both systems are second order stream channels.
16.4.2 EXISTING REACH CONDITIONS
Both Reach 1 and Reach 2 have NC SAM ratings of High. This high ranking is primarily due to the
undisturbed and stable condition of the channel, the extensive buffer adjacent to the channel, existence of
undisturbed riparian wetlands, in -stream and stream -side habitat and the existence of aquatic life. Photos
of this site are included in the Appendix A.
Reach 1 and 2 are low gradient stream -wetland systems that have multiple flow paths. Some sections of
these reaches classify as E5 while others classify as D5.
16.4.3 ENDANGERED/THREATENED SPECIES
Craven and Beaufort counties have a rich diversity of plant and animal life. Because the Site is proposed
for preservation, any protected species that occur on site will not be negatively impacted. Table 16.113
includes a full list of state and federally listed species known to occur in Craven County and a preliminary
determination of whether suitable habitat may exist on site for each species. More detailed species
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surveys and information will be prepared aswarranted during preparation of the Mitigation Plan for the
site.
Table 16.13- Craven County Protected Species
(NC Natural Heritaae Proqram, https://www.rcrhp.orq/data/species-community-search, updated Auqust 18, 2017, accessed November 6, 201
Common Name
Vertebrates
Atlantic sturgeon
Bald eagle
Bridle shiner
Scientific Name
Acipenser oxyrinchus
Halioeetusleucocepholus
Notropisbifrenatus
Federal Status
E
BGPA
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State Status
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Present?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Eastern diamondback
rattle snake
Crotalusadamanteus
FSC
E
Potential
American alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
T(S/A)
T
No
Leatherback sea tu rtle
Dermochelyscoriacea
E
E
No
Red knot
Calidriscanutusrufa
T
No
Red -cockaded
woodpecker
Pico ides borealis
E
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No
West Indian manatee
Invertebrate MIM
Eastern lampmussell
Trichechusmanatus
Lampsilisradiata
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No
Yes
Roan 0keslabshell
Vascular Plants
DwarfbIadderwort
Elliptioroanokensis
Utricularioolivacea
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Yes
Grassleafarrowhead
Raven's seedbox
Shadowwitch
Sagittariaweatherbiona
Ludwigia ravenii
Ponthievaracemosa
FSC
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T
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Yes
Yes
Yes
American speedwell
Veronica americana
T
Potential
Drooping bulrush
Scirpuslineatus
T
Potential
Bog bluestem
Andropogon mohrii
T
No
Branched gerardia
Agalinisvirgata
T
No
Carolina spleenwort
Aspleniumheteroresiliens
FSC
E
No
Chapman'sredtop
Tridenschapmanii
T
No
Coastal goldenrod
Solidago villosicarpa
FSC
E
No
Eaton's ladies'tresses
Spirantheseatoni
E
No
Estuary pipewort
Eriocaulonparkeri
T
No
Globe -fruit seedbox
Ludwigiasphaerocarpa
E
No
Godfrey's sandwort
Min uartia godfreyi
FSC
E
No
Loose Watermilfoil
Myriophyllum laxum
E
No
Mudba nk crown grass
Paspalumdissectum
E
No
Rough -leaf loosestrife
Lysimachiaasperulifolia
E
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No
Sensitive joint vetch
Aeschynomenevirginica
T
T
No
Snowy Orchid
Tennessee bladder -fern
Platanthera nivea
Cystopteristennesseensis
T
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No
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16.4.4 CULTURAL RESOURCES
Asearch of the North Carolina Departmentof Cultural Resources—State Historic Preservation Office
(SHPO) GIS Web Service (http://ciis.ncdcr.ciov/hl2oweb/, accessed November 6, 2017) showed no known
significant historic or archeological resources on site or immediately adjacent to the site. While no impacts
to such resources if they do occur are anticipated (becausethe site will be preserved without on-site
disturbance), environmental screening for the mitigation plan phase of the project will include
coordination with the SHPO.
16.4.5 CONSTRAINTS
No constraints to site implementation such as conflicting right of ways or utility corridors a re known to
exist within the site.
16.5 CONCEPTUAL MITIGATION PLAN
16.5.1 WETLANDS
No wetland credits are proposed for this site.
16.5.2 STREAMS
The approximately 20.4 -acre riparian area and 4,162 linear feet of Creeping Swamp and PoIla nd Swamp
will be placed under a conservation easement and the resources protected. Based on considerations of
the width of the protected buffer presented. The high quality of the riparian wetlands, and the site's
location in proximity to impaired waters a mitigation credit ratio of 9:1 is proposed for this site. This would
generate 462 stream credits.
16.5.3 NEUSE RIVER RIPARIAN BUFFERS
No riparian buffer credits are proposed for this site.
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17.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This site includes preservation of approximately 37 acres of land currently owned by Weyerhaeuser. The
site includes a pproximate ly 4,939 linear feet of unnamed tributaries to Little Swift Creek and 1,600 1 in e a r
feet of Little Swift Creek. This site is located upstream of the Little Swift Creek portion of the Craven 12
site.
Upstream of the site, the land use is predominantly pine plantation and agriculture. Very little commercial,
industrial, or residential development currently exists.
The conservation area has been configured to provide a minimum of a 100 -foot buffer on all subject
reaches. The conservation easement around the unnamed tributaries is comprised of ahead water forest
(per NC WAM). Headwater forests are characteristics of areas adjacent to headwater streams, which are
not shown as bIuelines on a USGS topographic map but occur within atop ographic crenulation and have
both groundwater and surface water as contributors to hydrology.
This area has a Relative Conservation Value of 7 in the wetland areas adjacent to the unnamed tributaries
and an RCV of 8 along Little Swift Creek on the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program's scale of
Biodiversity and Wildlife Habitat Assessment (BWHA), which provides a rating scale from 1 (moderate) to
9-10 (maximum value). A BWHA value is indicative of an area's capacity to support ecological functions
and sustain biodiversity. In this area, the wetlands along Little Swift Creek have been identified as a
Depressional Swamp Forest (Riverine) with an overall wetland rating of Exceptional.
17.2 SITE LOCATION
The site is in Craven County, approximately 6 miles south of Vanceboro and 9 miles north of N ew Bern
(Figure 1). The site is adjacentto Highway 17 and is accessed from a dirt road.
17.3 LANDOWNERSHIP
Weyerhaeuser owns all parcels of land that comprise the site. Contact information is provided below:
Weyerhaeuser NR
Attn: Doug Hughes
406 Cole Road
Hattiesburg, MS 39402
601-341-6054
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17.4 EXISTING CONDITIONS
17.4.1 EXISTING JURISDICTIONAL WATERS
Nearly all the land within the conservation easement, except small areas of upland adjacent to UT 3,
would likely be considered jurisdictional waters. The USGStopographic map (Figure 2) and National
Wetland Inventory (Figure 7) are in accord with this assessment. Awetland delineation will be prepared
and included in the mitigation plan so that a jurisdictional determination may be made.
Wetlands:
On-site wetlands are located directly adjacent to the unnamed tributaries and Little Swift Creek. The site is
underlain predominantly by hydric soils (Figures 4 and 5; Table 17.A), which are characteristic of coastal
plain hardwood swamps. Hardwood tree species dominates the headwater area like the area along Little
Swift Creek, such as bald cypress (Taxodium distichum), black gum (Nysso biflora), and water tupelo (Nyssa
aquatic). A significant sapling strata of hardwood species is present. The herbaceous layer, where present,
is dominated by giant cane (Arundinaria gigantea). In the headwater area, the herbaceous layer is more
prominent and includes species such as Lizard's tail (Saururus cernuus) and netted chainfern (Woodwardia
areolate).
Table 17.A — On -Site Soils
Map Unit Symbol Map Unit Name Hydric Rating
Se Sea brook loa my sa nd 5
MM Ma sontown mucky fine sa ndy loa m a nd Mucka lee sandy loam 70
DO Dorovan muck 97
CnB Conetoe loamysand 0
Ap Ara pa hoe fi ne sa ndy loa m 90
Streams:
The unnamed tributaries to Little Swift Creek flow from north to south. UT1 and UT3 appear to be
headwater streams originating on or nearthe top of the site. UT2originates offsite, north of the railroad
tracks. All three of these tributaries arezero orderstreams. These tributaries carrythe same waterquality
classification as Little Swift Creek, which is a Class C water with additional designations of nutrient
sensitive (NSW) and swamp (Sw). The upstream drainage area (drainage to Little Swift Creek at the top of
the conservation easement area) is 39,747 acres and 39,821 acres at the downstream end of the site. The
reach of Little Swift Creek on-site is a third order stream.
17.4.2 EXISTING REACH CONDITIONS
The unnamed tributaries and Little Swift Creek itself within this site have NC SAM ratings of High. This
high ranking is primarily due to the undisturbed and stable condition of the channels, the extensive buffer
adjacent to the channels, existence of undisturbed riparian wetlands, in -stream and stream -side habitat
and the existence of aquatic life. Photos of these sites are included in Appendix A.
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Little Swift Creek and its tributaries within this reach have Rosgen classifications of E5. Little Swift Creek
has an average bankfull width of 100 feet. The UT's to Little Swift Creek have average bankfull widths
ranging from 6 feet to 10 feet wide and have relatively low bankfull heights due to being headwater
systems. Channel flow within these tributaries has access to the adjacent riparian wetland systems during
frequent rainfall events.
17.4.3 ENDANGERED/THREATENED SPECIES
Craven County has a rich diversity of plant and animal life. Because the Site is proposed for preservation,
any protected species that occur on site will not be negatively impacted. Table 17.13 includes a full list of
state and federally listed species known to occurin Craven Countyand a preliminary determination of
whether suitable habitat may exist on site for each species. More detailed species surveys and information
will be prepared as warranted during preparation of the Mitigation Plan for the site.
Table 17.13— Craven County Protected Species
(NC Natural Herita e Program httnq//www.ncnhp.orq/data/speci-es-community-se arch, updated August 18, 2017, accessed November 6, 2017.)
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Notropisbifrenatus
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Crotalus adomanteus
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American alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
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West Indian manatee
Trichechusmonatus
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Elliptioroanokensis
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Dwarfbladderwort
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Sagittaria weatherbiano
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Shadowwitch
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Veronica americana
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Andropogon mohrii
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Branched gerardia
Agalinisvirgata
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Carolina spleenwort
Aspleniumheteroresiliens
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Chapman'sredtop
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Solidago villosicarpa
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Eaton's ladies'tresses
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Eriocoulonparkeri
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Globe -fruit seedbox
Ludwigiasphaerocarpa
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Godfrey's sandwort
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Loose Watermilfoil
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Paspolumdissectum
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17.4.4 CULTURAL RESOURCES
AsearchoftheNorthCarolinaDepartmentofCulturaIResources —State Historic Preservation Office
(SHPO) GIS Web Service (http://g is.ncdcr.gov/hpoweb/, accessed November 6, 2017) showed no known
significant historic or archeological resources on site or immediately adjacent to the site. While no impacts
to such resources if they do occur are anticipated (becausethe site will be preserved without on-site
disturbance), environmental screening for the mitigation plan phase of the project will include
coordination with the SHPO.
17.4.5 CONSTRAINTS
No constraintsto preservation such as conflicting right of ways or utility corridors are known to exist
within the site.
17.5 CONCEPTUAL MITIGATION PLAN
17.5.1 WETLANDS
No wetland credits are proposed for this site.
17.5.2 STREAMS
The approximately 37 -acre riparian area and 4,939 feet of unnamed tributaries a nd 1,600 feet of Little
Swift Creek will be placed undera conservation easement and the resources protected in their present
condition. Based on considerations of the exceptional quality of the riparian wetlands and the site's
location in proximity to the Neuse River Estuary a mitigation credit ratio of 7:1 is proposed for this site.
This would generate 934 stream credits.
17.5.3 NEUSE RIVER RIPARIAN BUFFERS
No riparian buffer credits are proposed for this site.
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18.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This site includes preservation of approximately 88 acres of land currently owned by Weyerha euser. The
site is bisected by approximately 8,740 linear feet of the lower reach of Little Swift Creek to its confluence
with Swift Creek. This confluence is approximately 3.5 miles upstream of the Neuse River Estuary.
Upstream of the site land use is predominantly pine plantation and agriculture with an increasing number
of solar farms added to the landscape. Very little commercial, industrial, or residential development
currently exists.
The conservation area has been configured to provide a minimum of a 100 -foot buffer on Little Swift
Creek. In some areas, this buffer is much wider to accommodate for the creek's meanders. While the
proposed conservation easement area is predo minantlywithin a rive rine swamp forest, an approximately
0.5 -acre area of upland on the northwest corner of the site is accessible byroad and is frequently used for
access to the waterway and for recreation. Including this area within the conservation easement will
prevent development of any type as well as any other use incompatible with conservation purposes.
This area has a Relative Conservation Value of 7 on the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program's scale of
Biodiversity and Wildlife Habitat Assessment (BWHA), which provides a rating scale from 1 (moderate) to
9-10 (maximum value). A BWHA value is indicative of an area's capacity to support ecolog ical functions
and sustain biodiversity. In this area, the wetlands have been identified as Dep res sionaI Swamp Forest
(Riverine) with an overall wetland rating of Exceptional.
18.2 SITE LOCATION
The site is in Craven County, approximately 6 miles south of Vanceboro (Figure 1). Access is provided
from a dirt road from US Hwy 17.
18.3 LANDOWNERSHIP
Weyerhaeuser owns all parcels of land that comprise the site. Contact information is provided below:
Weyerhaeuser NR
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406 Cole Road
Hattiesburg, MS 39402
601-341-6054
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18.4 EXISTING CONDITIONS
18.4.1 EXISTING JURISDICTIONAL WATERS
Apart from the access road and upland area atthe northwest corner of the site, the full area within the
conservation area would likely be considered jurisdictional waters. The USGS topographic map (Figure 2)
and National Wetland Inventory (Figure 7) are in accord with this assessment.
Wetlands:
On-site wetlands are located directly adjacent to Little Swift Creek. The site is underlain by Dorovan Muck
soils (Figures 4 and 5), which is characteristic of coastal plain hardwood swamps. The forest is dominated
by mature bald cypress (Taxodium distichum), black gum (Nyssa bifiora), and water tupelo (Nyssa aquatic).
A significant sapling strata of hardwood species is present. The herbaceous layer, where present, is
dominated by giant cane (Arundinaria gigantea).
Streams:
Little Swift Creek bisects the site, generally, from north to south and has a baseflow width of
approximately 90 -feet throughout. Little Swift Creek is a Class C waterwith additional designations of
nutrient sensitive (NSW) and swamp (Sw). The upstream drainage area (drainage to Little Swift Creek at
the top of the conservation easement area) is 41,123 acres or approximately 64 square miles. At the
confluence of Little Swift Creek with Swift Creek, the watershed is 42,373 acres (approximately 66 square
miles) and Little Swift Creek is a third order stream. Swift Creek flows directly into the Neuse River Estua ry
approximately 3.5 miles downstream.
18.4.2 EXISTING REACH CONDITIONS
The entire 8,806 linear feet of Little Swift Creek that flows through the site has an NC Stream Assessment
Method (NC SAM) rating of High. This high ranking is primarily due to the undisturbed and stable
condition of the channel, the extensive buffer adjacent to the channel, existence of undisturbed riparian
wetlands, in -stream and stream -side habitat and the existence of aquatic life. Photos of this site are
included in the Appendix A.
Little Swift Creekwithin this reach has a Rosgen classification of E5 and has an average bankfull width of
100 feet.
18.4.3 ENDANGERED/THREATENED SPECIES
Craven County has a rich diversity of plant and animal life. Because the Site is proposed for preservation,
any protected species that occur on site will not be negatively impacted. Table 18.A includes a full I i s t of
state and federally listed species known to occur in Craven County and a preliminary determination of
whether suitable habitat may exist on site for each species. More detailed species surveys and information
will be prepared as warranted during preparation of the Mitigation Plan for the site.
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Table 18.A— Craven County Protected Species
(NC Natural Heritage Program, https//www.ncnhp.orq/data/species-community-search, updated l
Common Name Scientific Name IEW Federal Status
Vertebrates
Atlantic sturgeon
Bald eagle
Bridle shiner M
Carolina madtom
Eastern diamondback
rattle snake
American alligator
Leatherbacksea turtle
Red knot
Red -cockaded
woodpecker
West Indian manatee
Eastern lampmussell
Roanoke sIabshell
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Dwarf bladderwort
Grassleaf arrowhead
Raven's seedbox
Shadowwitch
American speedwell
Drooping bulrush
Bog bluestem
Branched gerardia
Carolina spleenwort
Chapman's redtop
Coastal goldenrod
Eaton's ladies'tresses
Estuary pipewort
Globe -fruit seedbox
Godfrey's sandwort
Loose Watermilfoil
Mudbankcrown grass
Rough -leaf loosestrife
Sensitive joint vetch
Snowy Orchid
Tennessee bladder -fern
Acipenser oxyrinchus
Haliaeetusleucocephalus
Notropis bifrenatus
Noturusfuriosus
Crotalus adamanteus
Alligator mississippiensis
Dermochelys coriacea
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E No
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E No
E No
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Utricularia olivacea
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Sagittaria weatherbiana
E
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Ludwigia ravenii
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Yes
Ponthieva racemosa
T
Yes
Veronica americana
T
Potential
Scirpus lineatus
T
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Andropogon mohrii
T
No
Agalinis virgata
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No
Asplenium heteroresiliens
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No
Tridens chapmanii
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No
Solidago villosicarpa
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No
Spiranthes eatoni
E
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Eriocaulon parkeri
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Ludwigia sphaerocarpa
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Minuartia godfreyi
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18.4.4 CULTURAL RESOURCES
Asearch of the North Carolina Departmentof Cultural Resources—State Historic Preservation Office
(SHPO) GIS Web Service (http://ciis.ncdcr.ciov/hl2oweb/, accessed November 6, 2017) showed no known
significant historic or archeological resources on site or immediately adjacent to the site. While no impacts
to such resources if they do occur are anticipated (becausethe site will be preserved without on-site
disturbance), environmental screening for the mitigation plan phase of the project will include
coordination with SHPO.
18.4.5 CONSTRAINTS
No constraints to preservation such as conflicting right of ways or utility corridors are known to exist
within the site.
18.5 CONCEPTUAL MITIGATION PLAN
18.5.1 WETLANDS
No wetland credits are proposed for this site.
18.5.2 STREAMS
The approximately 88 -acre riparian area and 8,806 feet of Little Swift Creek will be placed under a
conservation easement and the resources protected in their present condition. Based on considerations of
the exceptional quality of the riparian wetlands and the site's location in proximity to the Neuse River
Estuary as well as the potential for increased on-site recreational use mitigation credit ratio of 7:1 is
proposed forthis site. This would generate 1,248 stream credits.
18.5.3 NEUSE RIVER RIPARIAN BUFFERS
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19.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Craven 75 site includes the preservation of approximately 2,587 linear feet of stream channel; the
enhancement (Level II) of 1,203 linear feet; and the restoration of 5151inearfeet of headwater streams
(Table 19.A). The site tributaries to Fisher Swamp and a portion of Fisher Swamp will be protected by
approximately 22.5 acres of conservation easement that provides buffers of 100 feet or 150 feet a long
each side of the stream channel. Figure 9 shows the proposed mitigation plan for the site.
Table 19.A— On -Site Stream Reaches
Stream Length (LF) Conservation Easement Area (AC) Proposed Activity
1 1,203 Enhancement Level 2
2 196 Headwater Restoration
3 319 Headwater Restoration
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4 437 Preservation
5 886 Preservation
6 1,264 Preservation
Upstream of from the site, the land use is predominantly timber production with some agriculture. Very
little commercial, industrial, or residential development exists currently within the local watershed.
This site has a Relative Conservation Value of 6 along Fisher Swamp. In the tributary preservation areas,
the site has a RCV of 1 on the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program's scale of Biodiversity and Wildlife
Habitat Assessment (BWHA), which provides a rating scale from 1 (moderate) to 9-10 (maximum value). A
BWHA value is indicative of an area's capacity to support ecological functions and sustain biodiversity. In
this area, the wetlands along Fishers Swamp are identified as riverine swamp with an overall wetland
rating of Substantial.
19.2 SITE LOCATION
The site is in Craven Countywithin the Town of Ernul approximately 10 miles north of New Bern (Figure
1). The site is located on the north side of Hills Neck Road (Figure 2).
19.3 LANDOWNERSHIP
Weyerhaeuser owns all parcels of land that comprise the site. Contact information is provided below:
Weyerhaeuser NR
Attn: Doug Hughes
406 Cole Road
Hattiesburg, MS 39402
601-341-6054
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19.4 EXISTING CONDITIONS
19.4.1 EXISTING JURISDICTIONAL WATERS
All the streams within the conservation easement would likely be considered jurisdiction al waters. The
land adjacent to Fishers Swamp would likely be classified as wetlands. The land adjacent to the tributaries
proposed for preservation is Iikelyjurisdictional wetland. Areas of proposed enhancement and headwater
restoration have been altered such thatwetland hydrology and vegetation are no longer present. The
USGS topographic map (Figure2) and National Wetland Inventory (Figure 7) are in accord with this
assessment. A wetland delineation will be prepared and included in the mitigation plan so that a
jurisdictional determination may be made.
Wetlands:
The site is underlain by hydric soils (Figures 4 and 5; Table 19.13), which are characteristic of coastal plain
riverine swampforests and pine flats (Rains soils). The swamp areas are dominated by hardwood tree
species such as bald cypress (Taxodium distichum, black gum (Nyssabiflora), and water tupelo (Nysso
aquatic). A significant sapling strata of hardwood species is present. The herbaceous layer, where present,
is dominated by giant cane (Arundinaria gigantea).
Table 19.13— On -Site Soils.
Map Unit Name Hydric Rating
MM Masontown mucky fine sandy loam and Mucka lee sandy loam 70
Ly Lynchburg fine sandyloam 10
GoA Goldsboro loamyfine sand 6
NoB Norfolk loamyfine sand 4
Ra Rains fine sandy loam 92
Streams:
Fisher Swamp is Class C waters with additional designations of nutrients ensitive (NSW) and swamp (Sw)
and is a tributary to Little Swift Creek. The drainage areas to the upstream extent of the on -site stream
headwater systems are included in Table 19.0 below. Itshould be noted that baseflow and seasonal flow
for these headwater systems (Reaches 1 — 4) is typically dependent on the size of drainage area as
measured from the upstream extend of the system, but in the case of Reaches 1, 2, 3 and 4 there is
significant topographic relief (10 to 12feet) adjacentto the narrow valley walls that helps to contribute
additional groundwater flow to the system as opposed to a typical low relief coastal plain valley system.
Table 19.0 —Contributing Watershed Areas
Key Watershed Measurement Location Upstream Watershed Area
Confluence of Reaches 1, 2 and 3 124 acres
Upstream end of Reach 5 18 acres
Upstream end of Reach 6 9,792 acres
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19.4.2 EXISTING REACH CONDITIONS
Reaches 1, 2, 3, and 4 make up the system to the south of the property as shown in Figure 9. As shown in
the channel cross section included in Appendix B for the Craven 75 site the valley is well defined with
elevation changes of 10 feet or more as measured from the valley bottom up to the edge of val ley. The
existing Reach 1 and Reach 4stream system is stable and acts as linear stream -wetland complex in
some locations. Channel flow is within a well-defined channel in some locations and during storm events
appears to divide into multiple channels within some locations. Reaches 2 and 3 are small headwater
systems that tie-in to Reach 1 and have little to no buffer in some areas. Above Reaches 2 a nd 3 a re
wetland areas that could be enhanced by placing a conservation easement on them and fully protecting
the headwater wetland system as well as the beginning of the headwater stream system for Reaches 2
and 3. Photos are included in Appendix A.
Reach 5 is also proposed for Preservation and has a NC SAM rating of High. This system has a smaller
watershed area of approximately 18 acres, but as mentioned previouslythe 10 -foot topographic relief
causes the system to intercept groundwater and once monitoring is performed should prove to be a
headwater system.
Reach 6 is a portion of the Fisher Swamp system that is stable with an existing buffer, in -stream and
stream -side habitat, riparian wetlands and the channel has good access to its floodplain.
19.4.3 ENDANGERED/THREATENED SPECIES
Craven and Beaufort counties have a rich diversity of plant and animal life. Because the Site is proposed
for preservation, any protected species that occur on site will not be negatively impacted. Table 19.113
includes a full list of state and federally listed species known to occur in Craven County and a preliminary
determination of whether suitable habitat may exist on site for each species. More detailed species
surveys and information will be prepared as warranted during preparation of the Mitigation Pla In for the
site.
Table 19.D — Craven County Protected Species
(NC Natural Hcritaac "io,um-n htt s://www.ncnh .org/data/soedes-communi search, updated August 18, 2017, accessed November 6, 2017)
Common Name Scientific Name ederal Status State Status Suitable Habitat Present?
Vertebrates
Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus E E Yes
Bald eagle Haliaeetusleucocephalus BGPA T Yes
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Calidris can utus rufa
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Red -cockaded woodpecker
Picoides borealis
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West Indian manatee
Trichechusmanatus
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Andropogon mohrii
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Branched gerardiam
Agalinisvirgata
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Asplenium heteroresiliens
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Chapman'sredtop
Tridenschapmanii
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Coastal goldenrod
Solidago villosicarpa
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Aeschynomene virginica
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Tennessee bladder -fern cystopteristennesseensis
19.4.4 CULTURAL RESOURCES
AsearchoftheNorthCarolinaDepartmentofCulturaIResources —State His toricPreservation Office
(SHPO) GIS Web Service (httl2://ciis.ncdcr.ciov/hpoweb/,accessed November 6, 2017)showed no known
significant historic or archeological resources on site or immediately adjacent to the site. While no impacts
to such resources if they do occur area nticipated (because the site will be preserved without on-site
disturbance), environmental screening for the mitigation plan phase of the project will include
coordination with the SHPO.
19.4.5 CONSTRAINTS
No constraints to site implementation such as conflicting right of ways or utility corridors are known to
exist within the site.
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19.5 CONCEPTUAL MITIGATION PLAN
19.5.1 WETLANDS
It is likely that wetlands adjacent to and upslopeof Reaches 2 and 3 would be enhanced by placing a
conservation easement and establishing a vegetated buffer on the headwaters of Reaches 2 and 3.
19.5.2 STREAMS
The approximately 22.5 -acre riparian area and Reaches 1 - 6 will be placed under a conservation
easementand the resources protected. The propose preservation reaches will have buffers that are a
minimum of 100' from the top of bank on both sides of the channel, the proposed Enhancement Level 11
section will have buffer widths a minimum of 150' from the top of bank of the channel thus qualifying for
20% additional credit, and the headwater systems restoration will include a 100' buffer measured from the
center of the valley on both sides. A preservation mitigation ratio of 10:1, enhancement ratio of 2.5:1 and
headwater system ratio of 1:1 (as measured along the valley centerline) are proposed for this site. This
would generate 1,351 stream credits.
19.5.3 NEUSE RIVER RIPARIAN BUFFERS
No riparian buffer credits are proposed for this site.
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20.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Craven 30 site includes the restoration of approximately 6,747 linear feet of a tributary to Bachelor
Creek and associated riparian buffers that are currently a narrow hardwood buffer that is within a stand of
active timber production. The site will be restored to a headwater stream reaches transitioning to a first -
order
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order stream and riverinewetland system and protected by an approximately 44.5 -acre conservation
easement that provides buffers of 100 feet in the headwater area to 150 feet along each side of the
downstream restoration reach. Figure 9 shows the proposed mitigation plan for the site.
Upstream of the site, the land use is predominantly timber production with some agriculture and
commercial development.
This site has a Relative Conservation Value of 6 transitioning to 7 within the Bachelor Creek corridor on
the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program's scale of Biodiversity and Wildlife Habitat Assessment
(BWHA), which provides a rating scale from 1 (moderate) to 9-10 (maximum value). A BWHA value is
indicative of an area's capacity to support ecological functions and sustain biodiversity. In this a rea, the
wetlands along Bachelor Creek are identified as depressional swamp forest with an overall wetland rating
of Excellent.
20.2 SITE LOCATION
The site is in Craven County approximately 8 miles west of New Bern (Figure 1). The site on may be
accessed from Clarks Road on the east side of Tuscarora Road, approximately 2 1/4 miles north of U.S.
Highway 17.
20.3 LANDOWNERSHIP
Weyerhaeuser owns all parcels of land that comprise the site. Contact information is provided below:
Weyerhaeuser NR
Attn: Doug Hughes
406 Cole Road
Hattiesburg, MS 39402
601-341-6054
20.4 EXISTING CONDITIONS
20.4.1 EXISTING JURISDICTIONAL WATERS
All the project reaches identified for stream restoration appear to be jurisdictional waters. Based on field
observations, it appears that the riparian area has been altered such that the hydrology and vegetation
that indicate jurisdictional wetlands are no longer present. The USGS topographic ma p (Figure 2) a nd
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National Wetland Inventory (Figure 7) are in accord with this assessment. Awetland delineation will be
prepared and included in the mitigation plan so that a jurisdictional determination maybe made.
Wetlands:
The headwater restoration areas originate in Lenoir (Reach 4), Bayboro (Reach 1), and Leaf (Reaches 2 and
3) soils, based on the Craven County Soil Survey. While each of these soils is classified as hydric, the Lenoir
soil through which each reach passes, is not a predominantly hydric soil and may not d evelo p wetla nd
characteristics. The Masontown soil that underlies Reach 5 and the tops of the headwaters are likely to be
restored to supporting wetland communities. Soils are shown in Figures 4 and 5 and Table 20.A.
Currently, the riparian area has a narrow hardwood buffer with hardwood species such as oak (Quercus
spp.), red maple (Acerrubrum), and sweetgum (Liquidambar styracif(ua) and lacks wetland hydrology. It is
anticipated that with the stream restoration and planting of appropriate coastal plain riverine ha rdwood
and herbaceous vegetation that the headwater and downstream riparian areas will be restored to wetland
conditions.
Table 20.A — On -Site Soils
Map Unit Name Hydric Rating
MM Masontown mucky fine sandyloam and Muckalee sandy loam 70
Le Lenoir silt loam 8
La Leaf silt loam 90
Ba Bayboro mucky loam 90
Streams:
Bachelor Creek, which is the downstream receiving water for the site tributaries, is a Class C water with
additional designations of nutrient sensitive (NSW)and swamp (Sw)and is tributary to The Gut. While
Bachelor Creek is currently supporting its use classification, the Neuse River estuary is impaired where The
Gut joins it. Reaches 2, 3, and 4 at this site are first order streams. Reach 1 begins as a first order stream
and becomes a second order stream at the confluence of Reach 2. Reach 2 then continues to Reach 5
where it remains a second order stream. Key watershed areas associated with the reaches on this site are
outlined in the table below.
Table 20.13- Contributing Watershed Areas
Upstream Watershed Area
Upstream end of Reach 1 113 acres
Upstream end of Reach 2 21 acres
Downstream end of Reach 5 I 554 acres
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20.4.2 EXISTING REACH CONDITIONS
Reaches 1 through 5 are highly incised with limited to no access to the adjacent floodplain. NC SAM
ratings of the existing systems are Low. This low ranking is primarily due to the fact that the on-site
streams have been extensively ditched and have little to no access to their historic floodplain. Bank -
height ratios within this system are approximately 4.0. A cross section of Reach 1 is included in Appendix
B and a photo of Reach 1 is included in AppendixA.
20.4.3 ENDANGERED/THREATENED SPECIES
Craven County has a rich diversity of plant and animal life. Table 20.0 includes a full list of state and
federally listed species known to occur in Craven County. Based on field investigations and current on-site
conditions, suitable habitat is not present on-site forthe listed native species. Carewill be taken during
restoration activities to restore the natural habitat that may support protected species. More detailed
species surveys and information will be prepared as warranted during preparation of the Mitigation Plan
for the site.
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Vertebrates
Atlantic sturgeon Acipenseroxyrinchus
Bald eagle Haliaeetusleucocephalus
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Crotalus adamanteus
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Alligator mississippiensis
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No
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Dermochelyscoriacea
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No
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Calidriscanutusrufa
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Picoides borealis
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UK Invertebrate
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Trichechusmanatus
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Elliptioroanokensis
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Sagittariaweatherbiana
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Potential
Raven's seedbox
Ludwigia ravenii
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Potential
Shadowwitch
Ponthieva racemosa
T
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America n speedwell
Veronica americana
T
Potential
Drooping bulrush
Scirpuslineatus
T
Potential
Bog bl uestem
Andropogon mohrii
T
No
Branched gerardia
Agalinisvirgata
T
No
Carolina spleenwort
Asplenium heteroresiliens
FSC
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No
Chapman'sredtop
Tridenschapmanii
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No
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Coastal goldenrod
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No
Eaton's ladies'tresses
Spirantheseatoni
E
No
Estua ry pi pewort
Eriocaulonparkeri
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No
Globe -fruit seedbox
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa
E
No
Godfrey's sandwort
Minuartia godfreyi FSC
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No
Loose Watermilfoil
Myriophyllum loxum
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No
Mudba A crown grass
Paspalumdissectum
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Lysimachiaasperulifolia E
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Tennessee bladder -fern
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20.4.4 CULTURAL RESOURCES
Asearch of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources — State Historic Preservation Office
(SHPO) GIS Web Service (httl2://ciis.ncdcr.ciov/hl2oweb/, accessed November 6, 2017) showed no known
significant historic or archeological resources on site or immediately adjacent to the site. While no impacts
to such resources iftheydo occur areanticipated (becausethe site will be preserved without on-site
disturbance), environmental screening for the mitigation plan phase of the project will include
coordination with the SHPO.
20.4.5 CONSTRAINTS
No constraints to site implementation such as conflicting right of ways or utility corridors a re known to
exist within the site.
20.5 CONCEPTUAL MITIGATION PLAN
20.5.1 WETLANDS
Riparian wetland credits associated with priority 1 stream restoration and headwater restoration are
anticipated for Reaches 1 — 5. Wetlands restored and enhanced beyond 50' from the center of the valley
may produce riparian wetland credits.
20.5.2 STREAMS
The approximately 44.5 -acre riparian area and 6,747 linearfeet tributary to Bachelor Creekwill be restored
and placed under a conservation easement and the significant aquatic resources protected. A credit ratio
of 1:1 is proposed for the Headwater Restoration of Reaches 1 — 4 a nd a cred it ratio of 1:1 with 20%
bonus credits for a buffer width of 150' is proposed for Reach 5. This proposed mitigation would generate
7,121 stream credits.
20.5.3 NEUSE RIVER RIPARIAN BUFFERS
No riparian buffer credits are proposed for this site.
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21.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Craven 26 site includes the restoration and enhancement of approximately 6,042 linear feet of a
tributary to Bachelor Creek and associated riparian buffers that are currently within a stand of active
timber production. The site will be restored to a headwater swamp transitioning to a bottomland
hardwood riverinewetland and stream systemand protected by an approximately 28.5 -acre conservation
easement that provides buffers of 100 feet in the headwater area to 150 feet along each side of the
downstream channels. Figure 9 shows the proposed mitigation plan for the site
Upstream of from the site, the land use is predominantly timber production with some agriculture. Very
little commercial, industrial, or residential development exists currently within the local watershed.
This site has a Relative Conservation Value of 7 within the tributaries to Bachelor Creek and along the
Bachelor Creek corridor on the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program's scale of Biodiversity and
Wildlife Habitat Assessment (BWHA), which provides a rating scale from 1 (moderate) to 9-10 (maximum
value). A BWHA value is indicative of an area's capacity to support ecological functions and sustain
biodiversity. In this area, the wetlands along Bachelor Creek are identified as depressional swamp forest
with an overall wetland rating of Excellent.
21.2 SITE LOCATION
The site is in Craven County approximately 10 miles west of New Bern (Figure 1). The site on may be
accessed from Farrow Road from Tuscarora Road, which is south from U.S. Highway 70.
21.3 LAND OWNERSHIP
Weyerhaeuser owns all parcels of land that comprise the site. Contact information is provided below:
Weyerhaeuser NR
Attn: Doug Hughes
406 Cole Road
Hattiesburg, MS 39402
601-341-6054
21.4 EXISTING CONDITIONS
21.4.1 EXISTING JURISDICTIONAL WATERS
Reaches 2 and 3 appearto be perennial stream channels and Reach 1 appears to be headwater stream
system eventually transitioning to an intermittent channel just upstream of Reach 2. Based on field
observations, it appears that the riparian area has been altered such that the hydrology and vegetation
that indicate jurisdictional wetlands are no longer present. The USGS topographic ma p (Figure 2) a nd
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National Wetland Inventory (Figure 7) are in accord with this assessment. Awetland delineation will be
prepared and included in the mitigation plan so that a jurisdictional determination maybe made.
Wetlands:
The headwater restoration area begins in an area of Rains soils, which are classified as hydric and support
wetland communities. The soil transitions to Lynchburg, which has a lower hydric rating. Within the valley
of Bachelor Creek, hydric Leaf soils are present. Soils are shown in Figures 4 and 5 and Table 21.A.
Currently, the riparian area is recently cleared loblolly pine plantation and lacks wetland hydrology. It is
anticipated that with the stream restoration and planting of appropriate coastal plain riverine ha rdwood
and herbaceous vegetation that the riparian area will be restored to wetland conditions.
Table 21.A— On -Site Soils
Map Unit Symbol IJWMap Unit Name Hydric Rating
Ra Rainsfinesandyloam 92
Ly Lynchburg finesandyloam 10
Le Lenoir silt loam 8
La Leaf silt loam 90
CrB Craven silt loam 6
Streams:
Bachelor Creek, which is the downstream receiving waterforthe site tributaries, is a Class C water with
additional designations of nutrient sensitive (NSW) and swamp (Sw) and is a tributary to The Gut. While
Bachelor Creek is currently supporting its use classification, the Neuse River estuary is impaired where The
Gut joins it. The watershed areas associated with the reaches on this site are outlined in the table below.
Table 21.13— Contributing Watershed Areas
K Upstream Watershed Area
Upstream end of Reach 1 43 acres
Upstream end of Reach 3 423 acres
l Downstream end of Reach 2 807 acres
21.4.2 EXISTING REACH CONDITIONS
Reach 1 is an extensively ditched headwater system with a NC SAM rating of Low. This low rating is
primarily due to the fact that the system was ditched and disconnected from its historic val ley/floodplain.
Bank -height ratios within this system area pproxi mate ly4.5.
Reach 2 of this site is incised with a bank -height ratio of approximately 5.0. The existing stream also has a
NC SAM score of Low due to the entrenched state of the channel and the fact that it has no connection
with its floodplain. A cross section of the existing channel is included in Appendix B and a photo of the
cross section is included in Appendix A.
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Reach 3 is an incised channel with a drainage area of 423 acres and little to no buffer.
21.4.3 ENDANGERED/THREATENED SPECIES
Craven County has a rich diversity of plant and animal life. Table 21.0 includes a full list of state and
federally listed species known to occur in Craven County. Based on field investigations and current on-site
conditions, suitable habitat is not present on-site forthe listed native species. Carewill be taken during
restoration activities to restorethe natural habitatthat may support protected species. More detailed
species surveys and information will be prepared as warranted during preparation of the Mitigation Plan
for the site.
Table 21.0 — Craven County Protected Species
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Atlantic sturgeon Acipenseroxyrinchus
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Haliaeetusleucocephalus
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Notropisbifrenatus
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Eastern diamondback rattlesnake
Crotalusadamanteus
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American alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
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Leatherbacksea turtle
Dermochelyscoriacea
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Calidriscanutusrufa
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Red -cockaded woodpecker
Picoides borealis
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West Indian manatee
Invertebrate
Eastern lampmussellLampsilisradiata
Roanoke slabshell
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Dwarf bladderwort
Trichechusmanatus
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Grass leaf arrowhead
Sagittaria weatherbiana
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Raven's seedbox
Ludwigia ravenii
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Shadowwitch
Ponthieva racemosa
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Potential
American speedwell
Veronica americana
T
Potential
Drooping bulrush
Scirpuslineatus
T
Potential
Bog bluestem
Andropogon mohrii
T
No
Branched gerardia
Agalinisvirgata
T
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Carolina spleenwort
Asplenium heteroresiliens
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No
Chapman'sredtop
Tridenschapmani
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Coastal goldenrod
Solidago villosicarpa
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Eaton's ladies'tresses
Spirantheseatoni
E
No
Estuary pipewort
Eriocaulonparkeri
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Globe -fruit seedbox
Ludwigiasphaerocarpa
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Godfrey's sandwort
Minuartia godfreyi
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Loose Watermilfoil
Myriophyllumlaxum
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Mud bank crown grass
Rough -leaf loosestrife
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Snowy Orchid
Paspalum dissectum E No
Lysimochia asperulifolia E E No
Aeschynomene virginica T T No
Platanthera nivea T No
Tennessee bladder -fern I Cystopteristennesseensis E No
21.4.4 CULTURAL RESOURCES
A search of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources —State Historic Preservation Office
(SHPO) GIS Web Service (http://g is.ncdcr.gov/hl2oweb/,accessed November 6, 2017)showed no known
significant historic or archeological resources on site or immediately adjacent to the site. While no impacts
to such resources if they do occur area nticipated (because the site wi I I be preserved without on-site
disturbance), environmental screening for the mitigation plan phase of the project will include
coordination with the SHPO.
21.4.5 CONSTRAINTS
No constraints to site implementation such as conflicting right of ways or utility corridors a re known to
exist within the site.
21.5 CONCEPTUAL MITIGATION PLAN
21.5.1 WETLANDS
Headwater restoration of Reach 1 and Priority 1 restoration of Reach 2 will re -connect the channels their
historic floodplain and will likely result in enhancement or restoration of some of the adjacent ripa rian
wetlands. At this stage, it is not possible to accurately predict the area of wetland mitigation that wiI I be
included with restoration of this system, but a small amount of wetland credit is anticipated.
21.5.2 STREAMS
The approximately 28.5 -acre riparian area and 6,042 linear feet tributary to Bachelor Creek will be
restored, enhanced, and placed under conservation easement and the significant aquatic resources
protected.A credit ratio of 1:1 is proposed for the Headwater Restoration of Reach 1, a ratio of 1:1 is
proposed forthe restoration of Reach 2 with a bonus of 20% for buffer widths of 150', and a credit ratio
of 2.5:1 is proposed for the Enhancement of Reach 3 with a bonus of 20% for buffer widths of 150'. This
proposed mitigation would generate 6,255 stream credits.
21.5.3 NEUSE RIVER RIPARIAN BUFFERS
No riparian buffer credits are proposed for this site.
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22.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Craven 27 site includes the preservation of approximately 2,812 linear feet of Beaverdam Branch and
associated riparian buffers that comprise a bottomland hardwood forest. The site will be protected by
approximately 13 -acres of conservation easement that provides buffers of 150 feet to 250 feet along each
side of the stream channel. Figure 9 shows the proposed mitigation plan forthe site.
Upstream of the site, land use is predominantly timber production with some agriculture. Apo rtion of the
Craven County Landfill is in the northwest corner of the local watershed. Other than the landfill, very little
commercial, industrial, or residential development exists currently within the local watershed.
This site has a Relative Conservation Value of 7 within the Beaverdam Branch valley on the North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program's scale of Biodiversity and Wildlife Habitat Assessment (BWHA), which provides
a rating scale from 1 (moderate) to 9-10 (maximum value). A BWHA value is indicative of an area's
capacity to support ecological functions and sustain biodiversity. In this area, the wetlands along
Beaverdam Branch are identified as depressional swamp forest with an overall wetland rating of Excellent.
The vegetative community within the wetland is most characteristic of a Bottomla nd Hardwood Forest
based on the North Carolina Wetland Assessment Methodology.
22.2 SITE LOCATION
The site is in Craven County approximately miles north of New Bern (Figure 1). The site on may be
accessed from Matties Lane, which is off Old U.S. Highway 70 (Figure2).
22.3 LANDOWNERSHIP
Weyerhaeuser owns all parcels of land that comprise the site. Contact information is provided below:
Weyerhaeuser NR
Attn: Doug Hughes
406 Cole Road
Hattiesburg, MS 39402
601-341-6054
22.4 EXISTING CONDITIONS
22.4.1 EXISTING JURISDICTIONAL WATERS
All of area within the conservation easement, including the riparian area and stream, would likely be
considered jurisdictional waters. The USGS topographic map (Figure 2) and National Wetland Inventory
(Figure 7) are in accord with this assessment. Awetland delineation will be prepared and included in the
mitigation plan so that a jurisdictional determination may be made.
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Wetlands:
The Beaverdam Branch valley through the site is underlain by Meg gettsandy loam soils (Figures 4 and 5;
Table 22.A), which are characteristic of coastal plain river valleys. The floodplain wetland areas within the
valley are dominated by bottomland hardwood tree species such as oaks (Quercus spp.), red maple (Acer
rubrum), sycamore (P(atanus occidentalis), and ashes (Fraxinus spp.). A significant sapling strata of
hardwood species is present. The herbaceous layer is mostly absent with some cane, gra sses, a n moss
species present.
Table 22.A — On -Site Soils
Map Unit Symbol Map Unit Name Hydric Rating
Me Meggett sandy loam 90
Le Lenoir silt loam 8
Streams:
Beaverdam Branch is a Class C waterwith additional designations of nutrient sensitive (NSVV) and swamp
(Sw) and is a tributaryto Bachelor Creek. Beaverdam Branch is currently supporting its use classification.
The upstream drainage area to the site is 2,212 acres and 2,385 acres at the downstream end. The reach of
Beaverdam Branch on-site is a first order stream.
22.4.2 EXISTING REACH CONDITIONS
The Reach 1 stream channel has an NC SAM rating of High. This high ranking is primarily due to the
relatively undisturbed and stable condition of the channel, the extensive buffer adjacentto the channel,
existence of undisturbed riparian wetlands, in -stream and stream -side habitat and the existence of aquatic
life. Photos of this site are included in the Appendix A.
The reach of Beaverdam Branch located on the site is a low gradient stream -wetland system that has
multiple flow paths within the bottom of the valley. Some portions of the reach proposed for
preservation classify as E5 while others classify as D6.
22.4.3 ENDANGERED/THREATENED SPECIES
Craven County has a rich diversity of plant and animal life. Because the Site is proposed for preservation,
any protected species that occur on site will not be negatively impacted. Table 21.13 includes a full list of
state and federally listed species known to occurin Craven Countyand a preliminary determination of
whether suitable habitat may exist on site for each species. More detailed species surveys and information
will be prepared as warranted during preparation of the Mitigation Plan for the site.
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Table 22.13— Craven County Protected Species
(NC Natural �­ °roar,im httiDs://www.ncnhiD.orq/data/species-community-search, updated Auqust 18, 2017, accessed November 6, 2017.)
Common Nameientific
Vertebrates
Atlantic sturgeon
Name
Acipenser oxyrinchus
ederal St
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itable Habitat Present?
Yes
Bald eagle
Haliaeetusleucocephalus
BGPA
T
Yes
Bridle shiner
Notropisbifrenatus
FSC
E
Yes
Eastern diamondback rattlesnake
Crotalusadamanteus
FSC
E
Potential
American alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
T(S/A)
T
No
Leatherbacksea turtle
Dermochelyscoriacea
E
E
No
Red knot
Calidris can utus rufa
T
No
Red -cockaded woodpecker
Picoides borealis
E
E
No
West Indian manatee
Invertebrate
Eastern lampmussellLampsilisrodiata
Roanoke slabshell
Vascular Plants
Dwarf bladderwort
Trichechusmanatus
Elliptioroanokensis
Utriculoriaolivacea
E
FSC
E
T
T
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No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Grass leaf arrowhead
Sagittaria weatherbiana
E
Yes
Raven's seedbox
Ludwigia ravenii
FSC
T
Yes
Shadowwitch ^
Ponthievaracemosa
T
Yes
American speedwell
Veronicaamericana
T
Potential
Drooping bulrush
Scirpus lineatus
T
Potential
Bog bluestem
Andropogon mohrii
T
No
Branched gerardia
= Agalinisvirgata
T
No
Carolina spleenwort
Asplenium heteroresiliens
FSC
E
No
Chapman'sredtop
Tridenschapmanii
T
No
Coastal goldenrod
Solidago villosicarpa
FSC
E
No
Eaton's ladies'tresses
Spirantheseatoni
E
No
Estuary pipewort
Eriocaulonparkeri
T
No
Globe -fruit seedbox
Ludwigiasphaerocarpa
E
No
Godfrey's sandwort
Minuartia godfreyi
FSC
E
No
Loose Watermilfoil
Myriophyllumlaxum
E
j No
Mudba nk crown gra ss
Paspolumdissectum
E
No
Rough -leaf loosestrife
Lysimachiaasperulifolia
E
E
No
Sensitive joint vetch
Aeschynomene virginica
T
T
No
Snowy Orchid
Platanthera nivea
T
No
Tennessee bladder -fern
Cystopteristennesseensis
E
No
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22.4.4 CULTURAL RESOURCES
A search of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources —State His toric Preservation Office
(SHPO) GIS Web Service (http://ciis.ncdcr.ciov/hl2oweb/, accessed November 6, 2017) showed no known
significant historic or archeological resources on site or immediately adjacent to the site. While no impacts
to such resources if they do occur are anticipated (becausethe site will be preserved without on-site
disturbance), environmental screening for the mitigation plan phase of the project will include
coordination with the SHPO.
22.4.5 CONSTRAINTS
No constraints to site implementation such as conflicting right of ways or utility corridors a re known to
exist within the site.
22.5 CONCEPTUAL MITIGATION PLAN
22.5.1 WETLANDS
No wetland credits are proposed for this site.
22.5.2 STREAMS
The approximately 13 -acre riparian area and 2,812 linearfeet of Beaverdam Branch will be placed under a
conservation easement and the significant aquatic resources protected. Based on considerations of the
width of the protected buffer presented. The high quality of the riparian wetlands, and the site's
connectivity with upstream and downstream waters a mitigation credit ratio of 8:1 is proposed for this
site. This would generate 352 stream credits.
22.5.3 NEUSE RIVER RIPARIAN BUFFERS
No riparian buffer credits are proposed for this site.
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"NC Surface Water Classifications" NC Surface Water Classifications, NC DEQ 2017,
ncdenr.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/indexhtml?id= 6e125ad7628f494694e259c80dd642
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2014 303d and Integrated Report. 2014. Geographic Information System (GIS) data. NCDENR, Raleigh, NC.
Available at
ncdenr.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Viewer/index.html?appid=bd3ad327aeea4d la9802eel 205cOb2ce.
(Accessed: 01 October 2017).
"2016 Census Test." Census.gov, www.census.gov/2016censustest.
Breeding, Rob. Neuse River Basin Restoration Priorities 2070,
files.nc.gov/ncdeq/Mitigation%20Services/Watershed_Planning/Neuse_River_Basin/FINAL%20RBR
P%20 N e u s e %202010_%2020111207 %2000 RR ECTE D. p df.
"North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality." NCDEQ, deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-
resources/planning/nonpoint-source-management/nutrient-strategies/neuse.
NCDENR 2008. One NC Naturally Conservation Planning Tool Detailed Report. Raleigh: Office of
Conservation, Planning, and Community Affairs, North Carolina Department of Environment and
Natural Resources.
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Appendix A —Photo Pages

Photo 1 — Beauford 56 — Reach 1
Photo 3 — Craven 3 — Reach 1
Photo 4 — Craven 1 — Reach 1

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Ground Points Bankfull Indicators v Water Surface
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Wbkf = 4.17 Dbkf = .76 Abkf = 3.17
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RIVERMORPH CROSS SECTION SUMMARY
River Name: Neuse 02 Oct. 25th
Reach Name: Beaufort 56
Cross Section Name: Beaufort 56 - Al
Survey Date: 10/27/2017
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Cross Section Data Entry
BM Elevation: 0 ft
Backsight Rod Reading: 0 ft
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Floodprone Elevation (ft)
90.63
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Floodprone width (ft)
90.43
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88.72
bench
87.22
toe of bank
87.24
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87.24
Maximum Depth (ft)
87.44
toe of bank
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BKF, bench
89.32
Bankfull Area (sq ft)
90.85
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Hydraulic Radius (ft)
94.14
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Left Right
Floodprone Elevation (ft)
89.46
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Bankfull Elevation (ft)
88.34
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Floodprone width (ft)
7.67
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Bankfull width (ft)
4.17
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Entrenchment Ratio
1.84
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Mean Depth (ft)
0.76
0.76 -----
Maximum Depth (ft)
1.12
1.12 -----
width/Depth Ratio
5.49
55.17 -----
Bankfull Area (sq ft)
3.17
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wetted Perimeter (ft)
5.23
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Hydraulic Radius (ft)
0.61
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30.63
30.63 -----
End BKF Station
34.8
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River Name: Neuse 02 Oct. 25th
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Cross Section Name: Beaufort 56 - A2
Survey Date: 10/27/2017
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Top of Bank
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Left
Right
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93.63
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Bankfull Elevation (ft)
91.08
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Floodprone width (ft)
67.15
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Bankfull width (ft)
34.52
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Entrenchment Ratio
1.94
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Mean Depth (ft)
0.63
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Maximum Depth (ft)
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width/Depth Ratio
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Bankfull Area (sq ft)
21.61
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wetted Perimeter (ft)
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0.59
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RIVERMORPH CROSS SECTION SUMMARY
River Name: Neuse 02 Oct. 25th
Reach Name: Beaufort 56
Cross Section Name: Beaufort 56 - A3
Survey Date: 10/27/2017
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Backsight Rod Reading: 0 ft
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93.33
91.18
93.33
Bankfull Elevation (ft)
91.68
90.56
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Bankfull width (ft)
13.36
92.79
31.15
Entrenchment Ratio
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90.81
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1.74
width/Depth Ratio
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89
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89
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Entrainment Calculations
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Entrainment Formula: Rosgen Modified Shields Curve
Channel Left side Right side
Slope 0 0 0
Shear Stress (lb/sq ft)
Movable Particle (mm)
Channel
Left
Right
Floodprone Elevation (ft)
93.33
93.33
93.33
Bankfull Elevation (ft)
90.56
90.56
90.56
Floodprone width (ft)
80.7
-----
-----
Bankfull width (ft)
13.36
6.68
31.15
Entrenchment Ratio
6.04
-----
-----
Mean Depth (ft)
1.02
1.79
0.25
Maximum Depth (ft)
2.77
2.77
1.74
width/Depth Ratio
13.1
3.73
124.6
Bankfull Area (sq ft)
13.61
11.96
1.66
wetted Perimeter (ft)
15.83
9.96
9.36
Hydraulic Radius (ft)
0.86
1.2
0.18
Begin BKF Station
51.17
51.17
57.85
End BKF Station
89
57.85
89
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Entrainment Calculations
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Entrainment Formula: Rosgen Modified Shields Curve
Channel Left side Right side
Slope 0 0 0
Shear Stress (lb/sq ft)
Movable Particle (mm)

9
Beaufort 56 - A4
Ground Points Bankfull Indicators v Water Surface
Points
Wbkf = 9. 92 Dbkf = .66 Abkf = 6.59
0
0 50 100 150
Horizontal Distance (ft)

RIVERMORPH CROSS SECTION SUMMARY
River Name: Neuse 02 Oct. 25th
Reach Name: Beaufort 56
Cross Section Name: Beaufort 56 - A4
Survey Date: 10/27/2017
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Cross Section Data Entry
BM Elevation: 0 ft
Backsight Rod Reading: 0 ft
TAPE
2
8
12.5
16
24
31
35
39
44
46
48.3
48.6
50
51.7
54
55
56.2
60.5
69
78
87.5
100.5
101.5
103
105
107
=S ELEV
NOTE
-------------------------------------------------------
92.44
Right
93.37
96.96
94.14
96.96
94.31
93.17
94.41
93.17
92.65
105
92.04
-----
92.32
48.33
93.08
81.97
92.9
Top of bank
90.63
BKF, Bankfull Bench
90.04
LEw, Toe of Bank
89.76
1.38
90.02
3.79
89.83
3.79
89.38
CH, Thalweg
89.9
REw, Toe of bank
93.25
Top of bank
93.53
Edge of road
94.05
Center of road
93.71
Edge of road
92.75
Top of ditch
90.73
1.23
90.54
2
91.02
28.93
93.21
106.96
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Cross Sectional Geometry
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Entrainment Calculations
Channel
Left
Right
Floodprone Elevation (ft)
96.96
96.96
96.96
Bankfull Elevation (ft)
93.17
93.17
93.17
Floodprone width (ft)
105
-----
-----
Bankfull width (ft)
48.33
22.99
81.97
Entrenchment Ratio
2.17
-----
-----
Mean Depth (ft)
1.28
0.37
1.38
Maximum Depth (ft)
3.79
0.73
3.79
width/Depth Ratio
37.76
62.99
59.4
Bankfull Area (sq ft)
61.91
1.72
60.19
wetted Perimeter (ft)
54.26
5.5
48.76
Hydraulic Radius (ft)
1.14
0.31
1.23
Begin BKF Station
2
2
28.93
End BKF Station
106.96
6.71
106.96
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Entrainment Calculations

Entrainment Formula: Rosgen Modified Shields Curve
Channel Left side Right side
Slope 0 0 0
Shear Stress (lb/sq ft)
Movable Particle (mm)

9
Beaufort 56 - B1
Ground Points Bankfull Indicators v Water Surface
Points
Wbkf = 11.1 Dbkf = .87 Abkf = 9.72
0
0 20 40 60 80 100
Horizontal Distance (ft)

RIVERMORPH CROSS SECTION SUMMARY
River Name: Neuse 02 Oct. 25th
Reach Name: Beaufort 56
Cross Section Name: Beaufort 56 - B1
Survey Date: 10/27/2017
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Cross Section Data Entry
BM Elevation: 0 ft
Backsight Rod Reading: 0 ft
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FS
ELEV
NOTE
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2
0
92.6
Edge of hardwood
7
0
92.13
89.35
11
0
93.39
-----
15
0
94.42
5.57
23
0
92.17
-----
28
0
90.29
0.56
34
0
89.77
BKF, Top of Bank
36.2
0
88.4
LEw
37.3
0
87.86
3.13
39
0
87.76
CH, Thalweg
40.3
0
87.87
0.37
41.6
0
88.36
REw
43.3
0
89.22
Top of Bank
42.8
0
88.94
BKF
55
0
90.6
59.5
0
91.85
73
0
92.43
90
0
93.46
Edge of hardwood
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Cross Sectional Geometry
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Entrainment Calculations
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Entrainment Formula: Rosgen Modified Shields Curve
Channel Left side Right side
Slope 0 0 0
Shear Stress (lb/sq ft)
Movable Particle (mm)
Channel
Left
Right
Floodprone Elevation (ft)
90.94
90.94
90.94
Bankfull Elevation (ft)
89.35
89.35
89.35
Floodprone width (ft)
29.95
-----
-----
Bankfull width (ft)
11.14
5.57
5.57
Entrenchment Ratio
2.69
-----
-----
Mean Depth (ft)
0.87
1.18
0.56
Maximum Depth (ft)
1.59
1.59
1.49
width/Depth Ratio
12.8
4.7
9.95
Bankfull Area (sq ft)
9.72
6.59
3.13
wetted Perimeter (ft)
12.94
7.46
8.45
Hydraulic Radius (ft)
0.75
0.88
0.37
Begin BKF Station
34.67
34.67
40.24
End BKF Station
45.81
40.24
45.81
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Entrainment Calculations
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Entrainment Formula: Rosgen Modified Shields Curve
Channel Left side Right side
Slope 0 0 0
Shear Stress (lb/sq ft)
Movable Particle (mm)

10
E
O
CO 9
_N
W
E
E
Craven 26
Ground Points Bankfull Indicators v Water Surface
Points
Wbkf = 7.43 Dbkf = .89 Abkf = 6.59
0 20 40 60 80 100
Horizontal Distance (ft)

RIVERMORPH CROSS SECTION SUMMARY
River Name: Neuse 02 Oct. 25th
Reach Name: Craven 26
Cross Section Name: Craven 26
Survey Date: 11/06/2017
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Cross Section Data Entry
BM Elevation: 0 ft
Backsight Rod Reading: 0 ft
TAPE
2
13
19
27
30
33.3
36
44.2
51
55.6
56.4
57.2
59
59.8
61.8
66
69
74
83
86
89
97
=S ELEV
NOTE
Left
-------------------------------------------------------
95.73
Floodprone Elevation (ft)
100.07
94.42
100.07
Bankfull Elevation (ft)
94.99
93.57
93.57
93.74
95
-----
94.97
Bankfull width (ft)
51.5
93.34
38.41
Entrenchment Ratio
94.56
-----
-----
94.76
Top
of bank
91.2
Maximum Depth (ft)
6.5
87.28
6.5
width/Depth Ratio
87.31
LEw,
Edge of water
87.07
CH,
Thalweg
87.07
wetted Perimeter (ft)
56.94
87.31
REw,
Edge of water
88.33
BKF
1.45
92.11
32.83
32.83
93.57
Top
of bank
92.4
97
91.95
92.52
91.74
92.73
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Cross Sectional Geometry
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Entrainment Calculations
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Entrainment Formula: Rosgen Modified Shields Curve
Channel
Left
Right
Floodprone Elevation (ft)
100.07
100.07
100.07
Bankfull Elevation (ft)
93.57
93.57
93.57
Floodprone width (ft)
95
-----
-----
Bankfull width (ft)
51.5
25.76
38.41
Entrenchment Ratio
1.84
-----
-----
Mean Depth (ft)
2.22
3.4
1.82
Maximum Depth (ft)
6.5
6.5
6.5
width/Depth Ratio
23.2
7.57
21.1
Bankfull Area (sq ft)
114.57
44.55
70.01
wetted Perimeter (ft)
56.94
21.76
48.18
Hydraulic Radius (ft)
2.01
2.05
1.45
Begin BKF Station
32.83
32.83
58.59
End BKF Station
97
58.59
97
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Entrainment Calculations
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Entrainment Formula: Rosgen Modified Shields Curve

Channel Left side Right side
Slope 0 0 0
Shear Stress (lb/sq ft)
Movable Particle (mm)

9
Craven 30
Ground Points Bankfull Indicators v Water Surface
Points
Wbkf = 9.24 Dbkf = 1.06 Abkf = 9.82
0
0 20 40 60 80 100
Horizontal Distance (ft)

RIVERMORPH CROSS SECTION SUMMARY
River Name: Neuse 02 Oct. 25th
Reach Name: Craven 30
Cross Section Name: Craven 30
Survey Date: 11/06/2017
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Cross Section Data Entry
BM Elevation: 0 ft
Backsight Rod Reading: 0 ft
TAPE
FS
ELEV
NOTE
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0
0
90.5
Edge of road
12
0
90.84
91.45
14
0
91.49
-----
16
0
91.13
56.77
19
0
91.17
-----
28
0
94.15
1.1
31
0
92.63
3.32
33
0
91.53
51.61
35
0
91.34
36.36
37
0
91.68
36.78
39
0
91.56
Top of bank
39.8
0
89.9
BKF
41.5
0
89.15
83
44.2
0
88.67
LEw, Edge of water
45.2
0
88.16
46
0
88.13
CH, Thalweg
47
0
88.32
47.8
0
88.66
REw, Edge of water
48.6
0
89.39
50.3
0
91.34
Top of bank
54
0
91.18
56
0
92.03
59
0
93
64
0
92.81
69
0
90.83
73
0
91.17
78
0
90.62
83
0
90.42
Edge of buffer
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Cross Sectional Geometry
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Channel
Left
Right
Floodprone Elevation (ft)
94.77
94.77
94.77
Bankfull Elevation (ft)
91.45
91.45
91.45
Floodprone width (ft)
83
-----
-----
Bankfull width (ft)
52.45
26.23
56.77
Entrenchment Ratio
1.58
-----
-----
Mean Depth (ft)
0.91
0.58
1.1
Maximum Depth (ft)
3.32
0.95
3.32
width/Depth Ratio
57.64
45.53
51.61
Bankfull Area (sq ft)
47.6
11.24
36.36
wetted Perimeter (ft)
57.4
20.63
36.78
Hydraulic Radius (ft)
0.83
0.54
0.99
Begin BKF Station
0
0
33.84
End BKF Station
83
19.85
83

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Entrainment calculations
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Entrainment Formula: Rosgen Modified Shields curve
channel Left side Right side
Slope 0 0 0
Shear Stress (lb/sq ft)
Movable Particle (mm)

9
9
0
0
Craven 75
Ground Points + Bankfull Indicators
Wbkf = 13.5 Dbkf = .32
v Water Surface
Points
Abkf = 4.31
0 50 100 150 200
Horizontal Distance (ft)

RIVERMORPH CROSS SECTION SUMMARY
River Name: Neuse 02 Oct. 25th
Reach Name: Craven 75
Cross Section Name: Craven 75
Survey Date: 11/06/2017
Cross Section Data Entry
BM Elevation: 0 ft
Backsight Rod Reading: 0 ft
TAPE
FS
ELEV
NOTE
Floodprone Elevation (ft)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
2
0
92.38
Bankfull Elevation (ft)
82.06
21
0
92.1
Edge
of buffer
30
0
90.07
6.73
6.73
51
0
86.31
-----
Mean Depth (ft)
71.5
0
82.71
Maximum Depth (ft)
0.58
76
0
82.06
BKF
24.71
79.2
0
81.83
LEw,
Edge of water
81.5
0
81.57
7.31
Hydraulic Radius (ft)
83.5
0
81.48
Begin BKF Station
76
86
0
81.6
89.46
82.73
87.5
0
81.83
REw,
Edge of water
91.6
0
82.31
97
0
83.44
101
0
84.85
110
0
85.86
Edge
of buffer
131
0
88.43
144
0
90.1
155
0
92.76
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Cross Sectional Geometry
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Entrainment Calculations
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Entrainment Formula: Rosgen Modified Shields Curve
Channel Left side Right side
Slope 0 0 0
Shear Stress (lb/sq ft)
Movable Particle (mm)
Channel
Left
Right
Floodprone Elevation (ft)
82.64
82.64
82.64
Bankfull Elevation (ft)
82.06
82.06
82.06
Floodprone width (ft)
21.19
-----
-----
Bankfull width (ft)
13.46
6.73
6.73
Entrenchment Ratio
1.57
-----
-----
Mean Depth (ft)
0.32
0.27
0.37
Maximum Depth (ft)
0.58
0.55
0.58
width/Depth Ratio
42.06
24.71
18.19
Bankfull Area (sq ft)
4.31
1.83
2.48
wetted Perimeter (ft)
13.52
7.3
7.31
Hydraulic Radius (ft)
0.32
0.25
0.34
Begin BKF Station
76
76
82.73
End BKF Station
89.46
82.73
89.46
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Entrainment Calculations
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Entrainment Formula: Rosgen Modified Shields Curve
Channel Left side Right side
Slope 0 0 0
Shear Stress (lb/sq ft)
Movable Particle (mm)